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Sensing the seismic

Sensing the seismic

September 26, 2024

A new compact inertial sensor for a wide range of physics experiments more

How does strong space-time curvature affect the propagation of gravitational waves?

Scientists have studied what happens when two stellar-mass black holes merge near a more massive black hole. They have calculated how strong space-time curvature modifies the gravitational waveforms and how this might be detected in future observations. more

Thermal tweak

Thermal tweak

September 04, 2024

Improving GEO600's beam splitter thermal compensation system more

Large black hole recoils can help identify spin precession

Remnant kicks in signals from binary black holes improve measurements of spin precession in data from current gravitational-wave detectors more

<span><span>What no one has seen before: new study simulates gravitational waves from failing warp drive</span></span>

Warp drives are staples of science fiction, and in principle could propel spaceships faster than the speed of light. However, there are many problems with constructing them in practice, such as the requirement for an exotic type of matter with negative energy. Nevertheless, physicists have been exploring the theoretical possibility of warp drives for decades, and a new study published in the Open Journal of Astrophysics takes things a step further – simulating the gravitational waves such a drive might emit if it broke down. more

Probing the boundaries of spacetime

Using the gravitational-wave memory for a new test of general relativity and to reveal fundamental spacetime symmetries more

What drives supernovalike explosions?

A new general-relativistic viscous-radiation hydrodynamics simulation indicates that rotating stellar collapses of massive stars to a black hole surrounded by a massive torus can be a central engine for high-energy supernovae, so-called hypernovae. more

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