Back in 1971, the late physicist Stephen Hawking made an intriguing prediction: The total surface area of a black hole cannot decrease, only increase or remain stable. So if two black holes combine, ...

In a new study published in Physical Review Letters, the LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Collaboration has used the sharpest to date gravitational wave signal from two merging black holes to precisely test Hawking’s ...

Stephen Hawking’s 50-year-old theorem on how black holes merge together has been successfully tested thanks to huge advances in gravitational wave astronomy, which helped astronomers catch the waves ...

Researchers celebrate 10th anniversary of gravitational wave discovery, announce verification of a Hawking theorem. Two black holes spiral together and violently merge in this simulation of an event ...

An illustration imagines GW250114, a powerful collision between two black holes observed in gravitational waves by the LIGO experiment, from the perspective of one of the black holes as it spirals ...

This artwork imagines the ultimate front-row seat for GW250114, a powerful collision between two black holes observed in gravitational waves by the US National Science Foundation LIGO. It depicts the ...

Stephan Hawking’s theory of black hole area has finally been confirmed after years of debate in the scientific community. The confirmation of widely-contested came on the heels of an event where ...

Studying black holes is immensely difficult, but with gravitational wave detection, astrophysicists do have a way to directly analyze these mysterious objects. A new study details the “clearest ...

Discovery joins a list of the greatest hits of the LIGO detector, which ten years ago became the first to detect gravitational waves. The songs of the cosmos, now that we can finally hear them, might ...

Pony.ai will deploy robotaxis in Singapore in the coming months, as the Chinese autonomous driving technology company takes a tentative step to expand into Southeast Asia’s mass transport market. The ...

Ten years after LIGO’s historical detection of gravitational waves, the project is cracking black hole mysteries at an astounding pace. reading time 4 minutes LIGO’s discovery of gravitational ...

Equinor completed drilling exploration well 34/8-20 S on the Narvi nord prospect in the North Sea, 130 km west of Florø. Sept. 19, 2025 Equinor Energy AS has drilled a dry well in the North Sea. The ...