UC Riverside has developed a technology that enables scientists to peer deeper into the universe. Gravitational-wave science ...

Gravitational-wave detection technology is poised to make a big leap forward thanks to an instrumentation advance led by physicist Jonathan Richardson of the University of California, Riverside. A ...

Recent scientific advancements have led to the detection of an intriguing energy beam originating from the center of a galaxy ...

We previously covered one such “gravity telescope” with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). Another one is the Japanese project Kamioka Gravitational Wave Detector (KAGRA).

Astronomers detected a black hole displaced nearly a kiloparsec from the center of a dwarf galaxy 230 million light-years ...

There is no question that the moon has a significant influence on Earth. Its gravitational pull affects the planet and moves water masses in the daily rhythm of ebb and flow (tides)—this point is ...

For more than a century, physics has been built on two great theories. Einstein's general relativity explains gravity as the ...

Kinetic energy has to do with the motion of an object—the faster it’s moving, the more kinetic energy it has. If you take a ...

As you might imagine, when stellar remnants as extreme as neutron stars collide, there is quite a burst of energy, and not ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — A potential threat to campus safety at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach resulted in a lockdown on Thursday. The school posted on social media stating that all ...

Astronomers have detected a collision between two black holes in unprecedented detail, offering the clearest view yet into the nature of these cosmic oddities and confirming long-held predictions made ...