Gravity Research update Modified gravity describes how open star clusters ‘dissolve’ Alternative to dark matter accurately predicts cluster lifetimes Read article: Modified gravity describes how open star clusters ‘dissolve’
Gravity Research update New sensor could boost the performance of gravitational-wave detectors Compact interferometer-based system is sensitive at low frequencies Read article: New sensor could boost the performance of gravitational-wave detectors
Gravity Feature Rainer Weiss: 50 years of LIGO and gravitational waves Nobel-prize-winning physicist Rainer Weiss talks with Sidney Perkowitz about his life and work, including his role in the advent of gravitational-wave astronomy Read article: Rainer Weiss: 50 years of LIGO and gravitational waves
Gravity Research update MICROSCOPE satellite puts Einstein’s general relativity to record-breaking test Orbital freefall experiment leaves the equivalence principle intact, at least for now Read article: MICROSCOPE satellite puts Einstein’s general relativity to record-breaking test
Gravity Research update Sharp ring of light spotted around supermassive black hole Observation by Event Horizon Telescope confirms prediction of general relativity Read article: Sharp ring of light spotted around supermassive black hole
Quantum Research update Quantum complexity could solve a wormhole paradox New proof indicates that complexity is intrinsically linked to wormhole volume in quantum gravity Read article: Quantum complexity could solve a wormhole paradox
Gravity Research update Highly eccentric black-hole merger is identified in LIGO–Virgo observation Black holes probably had a chance encounter in a dense star cluster Read article: Highly eccentric black-hole merger is identified in LIGO–Virgo observation
Gravity Research update Physicists detect an Aharonov–Bohm effect for gravity Atom interferometers reveal strange quantum effect previously observed in electromagnetism Read article: Physicists detect an Aharonov–Bohm effect for gravity
Culture, history and society Podcasts Materials science conserves 500-year-old warship, new gravitational-wave discoveries by LIGO–Virgo In this podcast we chat with the chief executive of the Mary Rose Trust and LIGO–Virgo physicists at Cardiff University Read article: Materials science conserves 500-year-old warship, new gravitational-wave discoveries by LIGO–Virgo
Gravity Research update Black-hole laser could have quantum computing applications Proposed device uses superconducting technology Read article: Black-hole laser could have quantum computing applications