Mystery object spotted by LIGO–Virgo gravitational-wave detectors
Is it the biggest neutron star, or the smallest black hole ever detected?
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Black hole ‘subrings’ could be seen by putting a telescope on the Moon
Focused light could tell us more about supermassive black holes
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First direct observation of a black hole and its ‘shadow’ is Physics World 2019 Breakthrough of the Year
Award goes to astronomers working on the Event Horizon Telescope
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A decade of Physics World breakthroughs: 2016 and 2017 – the rise of gravitational-wave observation and multimessenger astronomy
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
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Quantum squeezing boosts performance of LIGO and Virgo gravitational-wave detectors
Entangled photons allow detection of more merging black holes and neutron stars
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Nearby stars could reveal wormhole at the centre of the Milky Way
Effect could be spotted by next generation of telescopes
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Motions of the planets put new limit on graviton mass
Range of gravitational field cannot be shorter than 18 trillion kilometres
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Black hole is hairless, reveals analysis of gravitational waves
Ringdown of black hole is described nicely by general relativity
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Event Horizon Telescope researchers win 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
$3m prize will be shared equally by 347 scientists who imaged region surrounding huge black hole
Read article: Event Horizon Telescope researchers win 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
Were gravitational waves from a black-hole–neutron-star merger detected on 14 August?
LIGO–Virgo detectors have seen more than 20 candidate signals since April restart
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