Scientists first detected ripples in space known as gravitational waves from the merger of two black holes in September 2015.

An exceptionally loud collision between two black holes has been detected by the LIGO gravitational wave observatory, ...

Ph.D. candidate Anthony Englert GS observed a light bridge between two galaxies in local galaxy cluster Abell 3667.

At the end of the 18th century, the British scientist Henry Cavendish measured the force of gravity between two objects for the first time in a laboratory. The objects in question were lead balls, one ...

Gravity is a ubiquitous part of our daily lives — whether we’re being tragically brought to our knees after tripping on the rug or gleefully jumping from a swing’s apex. But despite how common the ...

The asteroid belt is the ring-shaped disc consisting of irregular small bodies called asteroids located between Mars and Jupiter. I have studied the origins of the asteroid belt in the the solar ...

A fundamental constant that sets the size of the gravitational force between all objects has finally been pinned down using the quirky quantum behavior of tiny atoms. The new results could help set ...

There are quite a few fundamental constants. These are things like the speed of light (c) the charge on an electron (e), and the Planck constant (h). These constants are determined with some type of ...

Physicists have measured the smallest gravitational field ever recorded, in an experiment that could help in the search for a unified theory of physics. Of the four fundamental forces known to physics ...

In any direction! The distance between the Earth and the Sun is a careful balance between the mass of the Earth, the mass of the Sun, the speed with which the Earth orbits the Sun, and the strength of ...