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mathematical physics

To Test Einstein’s Equations, Poke a Black Hole

By Kevin Hartnett
March 8, 2018
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Two teams of researchers have made significant progress toward proving the black hole stability conjecture, a critical mathematical test of Einstein’s theory of general relativity.

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quantum gravity

Physicists Find a Way to See the ‘Grin’ of Quantum Gravity

By Natalie Wolchover
March 6, 2018
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A recently proposed experiment would confirm that gravity is a quantum force.

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Physicists Mourn Joe Polchinski, Developer of Deep Ideas and Paradoxes

By Eva Silverstein
February 20, 2018
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The theoretical physicist Joe Polchinski, who died February 2, left a tremendous professional and personal legacy, says a friend and collaborator.

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astrophysics

Astronomers Trace Radio Burst to Extreme Cosmic Neighborhood

By Katia Moskvitch
January 10, 2018
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A mysterious object that repeatedly bursts with ultra-powerful radio waves must live in an extreme environment — something like the one around a supermassive black hole.

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astrophysics

Earliest Black Hole Gives Rare Glimpse of Ancient Universe

By Joshua Sokol
December 6, 2017
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It weighs as much as 780 million suns and helped to cast off the cosmic Dark Ages. But now that astronomers have found the earliest known black hole, they wonder: How could this giant have grown so big, so fast?

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Plunge Into a (Virtual Reality) Black Hole

By Natalie Wolchover
December 4, 2017
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Join a fleet of robotic probes on a one-way virtual-reality trip into the abyss of a massive black hole.

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theoretical physics

Newfound Wormhole Allows Information to Escape Black Holes

By Natalie Wolchover
October 23, 2017
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Physicists theorize that a new “traversable” kind of wormhole could resolve a baffling paradox and rescue information that falls into black holes.

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Abstractions blog

LIGO Architects Win Nobel Prize in Physics

By Natalie Wolchover
October 3, 2017
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The American physicists Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne and Barry Barish were honored for dreaming up and realizing the experiment that confirmed the existence of gravitational waves.

Abstractions blog

For Astronomers, Neutron Star Merger Could Eclipse Eclipse

By Joshua Sokol
August 25, 2017
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Even as the solar eclipse was mesmerizing millions, astronomers were training their space- and land-based telescopes on a far more violent astrophysical event.


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