Telescopes and space missions Research update Couple emerges from trio of supermassive black holes Tightly orbiting pair could create detectable gravitational waves Read article: Couple emerges from trio of supermassive black holes
Telescopes and space missions Research update Dwarf planet could illuminate the dark sector How to test antigravity using Kuiper belt objects Read article: Dwarf planet could illuminate the dark sector
Gravity Video What is a gravitational wave? Ben Stappers describes these "ripples in space–time" Read article: What is a gravitational wave?
Telescopes and space missions Research update Pivoting exoplanets could harbour life Tilted orbits might allow water to remain liquid on the surface Read article: Pivoting exoplanets could harbour life
Telescopes and space missions Research update First discovery of double star that brightens during eclipse Einstein's general theory of relativity explains the phenomenon Read article: First discovery of double star that brightens during eclipse
Gravity Research update Have galactic ‘radio loops’ been mistaken for B-mode polarization? Evidence for new foreground-to-BICEP2 measurements found Read article: Have galactic ‘radio loops’ been mistaken for B-mode polarization?
Ultrafast science Research update Interferometry tips the scales on antimatter New proposal for measuring how antihydrogen falls under gravity Read article: Interferometry tips the scales on antimatter
Gravity Research update Neil Turok urges caution on BICEP2 results Perimeter Institute director suggests observations could ultimately be at odds with inflation Read article: Neil Turok urges caution on BICEP2 results
Gravity Research update BICEP2 finds first direct evidence of cosmic inflation Primordial B-mode polarization opens window on early universe Read article: BICEP2 finds first direct evidence of cosmic inflation
Telescopes and space missions Research update Did dark matter help kill off the dinosaurs? Lisa Randall and Matthew Reece think interacting dark matter might steer comets to Earth Read article: Did dark matter help kill off the dinosaurs?