The Hyades open cluster in Taurus. getty The closest black holes to Earth ever detected have been found in the Hyades open cluster just 150 light-years distant. An open cluster is a loosely bound group of hundreds of similarly aged stars, all of which share chemical characteristics. The Hyades, which is found in the constellation …
Observations of gravitational waves from merging black holes may unveil the true nature of dark … [+] matter, according to new research. getty The discovery of the gravitational wave background announced last week has had a profound impact on the field of astronomy. Scientists are already exploring how this new window to the universe can …
In this artist’s interpretation, a pair of supermassive black holes (top left) emits gravitational … [+] waves that ripple through the fabric of space-time. Those gravitational waves compress and stretch the paths of radio waves emitted by pulsars (white). By carefully measuring the radio waves, a team of scientists recently made the first detection of …