Everything around us, from atoms and molecules to planets and galaxies, is governed by two extraordinarily successful ...

A ring in space, at least on paper, can do something a black hole cannot. It can connect distant regions without forcing ...

A LONG TIME ago, in a galaxy far, far away—somewhere in the general direction of the constellation of Leo—two black holes ...

Gravity is a ubiquitous part of our daily lives — whether we’re being tragically brought to our knees after tripping on the rug or gleefully jumping from a swing’s apex. But despite how common the ...

Gravitational fields as a research area encompass theoretical, computational, and experimental studies of how mass-energy curves spacetime and produces gravitational interactions, primarily within the ...

Ultra-accurate simulations of the gravity field guide toward a new mathematical foundation of gravity modelling. A layered Earth. (Courtesy: iStock/AlexLMX) The Earth is not a perfect sphere. This ...

Transformation optics in gravitational fields explores the design of engineered media that emulate the curvature of spacetime to manipulate electromagnetic waves. By mapping desired geometrical ...

Fine balance The researchers measured the gravitational field between two gold masses of 1mm radius each that are brought close to each other. (Courtesy: Tobias Westphal, University of Vienna) ...

Thermodynamic equilibrium in a gravitational field describes a state in which a fluid or gas under the influence of gravity attains a stationary temperature distribution that balances gravitational ...

Cast your mind back four years, and gravitational waves were the talk of the town. On September 14, 2015, the first detection of these ripples in space-time was made by the LIGO-Virgo collaboration, ...