Scientists have named two systems of colliding supermassive black holes after Lord of the Rings locations, Gondor and Rohan.

Dark matter keeps getting blamed for the universe’s big patterns while staying stubbornly out of reach. You cannot see it, touch it, or capture it.

See a pair of superheavy neutron stars collide in this simulation with gravitational wave audio. "An audible tone and a ...

Intense radiation emitted by active supermassive black holes—thought to reside at the center of most, if not all, galaxies—can slow star growth not just in their host galaxy, but also in galaxies ...

In my January 23, 2026, “The Universe” column, I wrote about some of the biggest bangs the universe has to offer: exploding stars, hiccupping magnetars, stellar disruptions and colliding black holes.

In Python Physics Lesson 14, we explore the simulation of elastic collisions and springs! Learn how to model collisions, spring dynamics, and energy transfer using Python, with step-by-step coding and ...

The CMS Collaboration has shown, for the first time, that machine learning can be used to fully reconstruct particle ...