A groundbreaking simulation reveals how neutron star mergers forge black holes, generate gamma-ray bursts, and scatter gold across space—all modeled with extreme detail using one of the world’s ...

Peer into space with a telescope that can scan the entire sky in days, however, and it appears as a great cosmic fireworks display – a riot of bangs and flashes radiating across the ...

However, as LIGO turns on this month (followed by two other detectors: Virgo in Italy and KAGRA in Japan) there are good reasons to be optimistic about continuing this trend of cosmic discovery.