Researchers just announced the discovery of the gravitational wave background. After a 15-year-long study, the scientists have finally “heard” what they were looking for: the gravitational waves that ...

The results of a comprehensive search for a background of ultra-low frequency gravitational waves has been announced by an international team of astronomers. The results of a comprehensive search for ...

Scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder may have solved a pressing mystery about the universe's gravitational wave ...

As an international collaboration of radio astronomers from Australia, Germany, the UK, South Africa, the Netherlands, Italy and France, the MeerKAT Pulsar Timing Array (MPTA) has created a ...

Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Astronomers have been able to “hear” the ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

Astronomers just discovered a background “hum” of low-frequency gravitational waves constantly rippling through the universe — but what’s next? When two galaxies merge, the supermassive black holes at ...