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Physicists Uncover Geometric ‘Theory Space’

By Natalie Wolchover
February 23, 2017
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A decades-old method called the “bootstrap” is enabling new discoveries about the geometry underlying all quantum theories.

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What Sonic Black Holes Say About Real Ones

By Natalie Wolchover
November 8, 2016
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Can a fluid analogue of a black hole point physicists toward the theory of quantum gravity, or is it a red herring?

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Responding Rapidly to Big Discoveries

By Jeanette Kazmierczak
September 9, 2016
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How do scientists react to major breaking science news? For astrophysicists after the big gravitational waves announcement, it was meeting for two weeks in Santa Barbara, California.

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Colliding Black Holes Tell New Story of Stars

By Natalie Wolchover
September 6, 2016
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Just months after their discovery, gravitational waves coming from the mergers of black holes are shaking up astrophysics.

Abstractions blog

LIGO Reports Second Black-Hole Merger

By Natalie Wolchover
June 15, 2016
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The spokesperson for the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory called it “a promising start to mapping the populations of black holes in our universe.”

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Janna Levin’s Theory of Doing Everything

By Natalie Wolchover
May 5, 2016
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The astrophysicist, conceptual writer and host of standing-room-only scientific soirees at a repurposed factory in Brooklyn sees science as a powerful force in culture.

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After Black Holes Collide, a Puzzling Flash

By Kevin Hartnett
March 2, 2016
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A satellite spotted a burst of light just as gravitational waves rolled in from the collision of two black holes. Was the flash a cosmic coincidence, or do astrophysicists need to rethink what black holes can do?

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From Einstein’s Theory to Gravity’s Chirp

By Natalie Wolchover
February 18, 2016
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The path from a revolutionary set of equations to the detection of gravitational waves was strewn with obstacles and controversy, explains the physicist Daniel Kennefick — and the struggle continues.

astrophysics

Gravitational Waves Discovered at Long Last

By Natalie Wolchover
February 11, 2016
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Ripples in space-time have been detected a century after Einstein predicted them, launching a new era in astronomy.


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