universes
Gravitational waves emitted when distant black holes collide and merge, causing the very fabric of space-time to ring like a bell, could be used to help measure the rate at which the universe is expanding, a new study reports. Since the late 1990s, astronomers have known that not only is the universe expanding, but it […]
Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. Leveraging supercomputing power, researchers have created simulations of millions of computer-generated “universes” to test astrophysical predictions that have eluded astronomical observations. Black holes are surrounded by a mysterious, invisible layer—the event horizon—from which nothing can escape, be it matter, […]
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