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Hunting dark energy with gravity resonance spectroscopy

Posted: 29 Jun 2021 10:43 AM PDT

Researchers demonstrate a robust experimental technique for studying one particular theory for dark energy. Named 'Gravity Resonance Spectroscopy,' their approach could bring researchers a step closer to understanding one of the greatest mysteries in cosmology.

Astrophysicists detect first black hole-neutron star mergers

Posted: 29 Jun 2021 07:11 AM PDT

A long time ago, in two galaxies about 900 million light-years away, two black holes each gobbled up their neutron star companions, triggering gravitational waves that finally hit Earth in January 2020. Astrophysicists' observation of the two events -- detected just 10 days apart -- mark the first-ever detection of a black hole merging with a neutron star.