Gravitational-wave expert Laura Nuttall is our guest this week
Read article: Why that massive black-hole merger is important, battling quantum decoherence on two fronts
Two black holes combined to create object 142 times more massive than the Sun
Read article: LIGO–Virgo spots its most massive black hole merger so far
Corey Gray on building and working at LIGO, inspiring the next generation of Indigenous physicists, and having a healthy work–life balance
Read article: In it for the long run
Fleets of tiny probes might discover what’s lurking at the edge of our solar system
Read article: Planet Nine: is it a planet, a primordial black hole or something else entirely?
New matter-wave interferometer would rely on nanoparticles, not lasers
Read article: Tabletop device might snare gravitational waves using tiny diamonds
Result points to lower noise limit for gravitational-wave detectors
Read article: LIGO reveals quantum correlations at work in mirrors weighing tens of kilograms
Is it the biggest neutron star, or the smallest black hole ever detected?
Read article: Mystery object spotted by LIGO–Virgo gravitational-wave detectors
Focused light could tell us more about supermassive black holes
Read article: Black hole ‘subrings’ could be seen by putting a telescope on the Moon
Award goes to astronomers working on the Event Horizon Telescope
Read article: First direct observation of a black hole and its ‘shadow’ is Physics World 2019 Breakthrough of the Year
Sarah Tesh looks back at the Physics World Breakthrough of the Year for 2016 and 2017, and the beginning of the gravitational-wave and multimessenger astronomy era
Read article: A decade of Physics World breakthroughs: 2016 and 2017 – the rise of gravitational-wave observation and multimessenger astronomy
