Exactly 200 years ago, a French engineer introduced an idea that would quantify the universe’s inexorable slide into decay. But entropy, as it’s currently understood, is less a fact about the world ...

The most detailed map of the universe ever created using gravitational waves could reveal hidden black holes, merging ...

A decade ago, astronomers observed gravitational waves for the first time. What has emerged since is a picture of the ...

A new effort to map the rumblings in spacetime caused by enormous black hole collisions paints a surprisingly loud and ...

Analysis - Using the largest gravitational wave detector ever made, we have confirmed earlier reports that the fabric of the universe is constantly vibrating. This background rumble is likely caused ...

the universe is an infinitely dense, hot fireball. The prevailing theory describes a peculiar form of energy that can suddenly push out the fabric of space. On a rare occasion, a runaway process ...

Do we create space-time? A new perspective on the fabric of reality Much of the understanding we have of the make-up of our universe comes from probing matter at smaller and smaller scales.