Gravitational waves

Scientists are watching pulsars carefully to detect the rippling fabric of the cosmos. Credit: dani3315/iStock/Getty Images

Searching for gravitational waves from supermassive black holes

Autumn sees the return of Orion to the night sky. Credit: Bernhard Hubl / CCDGuide.com

Gravitational waves detected in same area of sky as Betelgeuse

This image from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory shows the location of different elements in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant including silicon (red), sulfur (yellow), calcium (green) and iron (purple). Each of these elements produces X-rays within narrow energy ranges, allowing maps of their location to be created. The blast wave from the explosion is seen as the blue outer ring. Astronomers study supernova remnants to better understand how stars produce and then disseminate many of the elements on Earth and in the cosmos at large.

Gravitational waves at galaxy edges

When Neutron stars collide (artist's impression) Image Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab

What are gravitational waves?

Illustration of two merging neutron stars. Credit: NSF/LIGO/Sonoma State University/A. Simonnet

Neutron stars’ afterglow brightens

Southern spiral galaxy NGC 300, imaged using the Wide Field Imager (WFI) at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. Do spiral galaxies like these have populations of black holes lurking on the periphery? Credit: ESO

Do black holes lurk on galaxy edges?

The bright object in the centre of this Hubble Space Telescope image is galaxy cluster Abell 383. It is used as a gravitational lens to view the distant galaxies in the background. The effects can be seen in the twisted and warped light surrounding the cluster. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Richard (CRAL) and J.-P. Kneib (LAM). Acknowledgement: Marc Postman (STScI)

AI trained to seek out light-bending galaxies

An artist’s impression of two neutron stars merging and exploding as a kilonova. These rare events are expected to produce both gravitational waves and a short gamma-ray burst. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada/M. Kornmesse

Light From Gravitational Wave Source Detected

An illustration showing the merger of two black holes. Dark green indicates weak fields of gravitational waves, and bright violet indicates strong fields. Credit: Numerical-relativistic simulation: S. Ossokine , A. Buonanno (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics) and the Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes project; scientific visualization: T. Dietrich (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics), R. Haas (NCSA)

New gravitational wave detection announced

Artist's impression of how gravitational lensing works. Image Credit: Bill Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF; NASA, Hubble Heritage Team, (STScI/AURA), ESA, S. Beckwith (STScI). Additional Processing: Robert Gendler

Astronomers spot galaxy 5 billion lightyears away

A new composite image of IC 10 showing X-ray data from Chandra (blue) with an optical image (red, green, blue) taken by amateur astronomer Bill Snyder from the Heavens Mirror Observatory in Sierra Nevada, California. X-ray: NASA/CXC/UMass Lowell/S.Laycock et al. Optical: Bill Snyder Astrophotography

Potential gravitational waves found in galaxy

The Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO) was built and will be operated by a team led by the University of Warwick.

UK-led gravitational wave telescope gets first light

An artist’s impression of two black holes merging, like those detected by the LIGO. Credit: LIGO/Caltech/MIT/Sonoma State (Aurore Simonnet)

Gravitational waves detected for third time

A Hubble Space Telescope image showing a quasar offset from its host galaxy. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and M. Chiaberge (STScI and JHU)

Black hole booted by gravitational wave

An artist's impression of two binary black holes in orbit around each other. Credit: The SXS (Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes)

Scientists detect gravitational waves