Two Galway-based companies are playing key roles in a joint project by the European Space Agency (ESA) in collaboration with Nasa to develop the largest observatory ever built. The Laser ...

In the world of astrophysics, Stephen Hawking’s predictions about black holes have always sparked fascination and debate.

In a single decade, we have gone from the first-ever gravitational wave detection to several hundred of them. Every time ...

Supersonic shock waves are cone-shaped disturbances that result from an object moving faster than the speed of sound. If you ...

Space might seem calm when gazing up at the night sky, but invisible waves ripple continuously through the universe, bending space and time. These waves, known as gravitational waves, carry crucial ...

Johannes holds an MSci in Neuroscience from King’s College London, where he worked on projects involving Alzheimer’s disease and Fragile X syndrome.

Some people may worry about being bitten by a snake or spider, but have you ever considered what would happen if a small ...

Calling all astronomy nuts! If you’re into outer space and all the mystifying news that comes with it, prepare yourself for this doozy. Recently-revealed results of scientific experiments have ...

The discovery of gravitational waves in 2015 marked a turning point in our understanding of the universe. But detecting these faint signals was only ...

It’s a big day for physics as the existence of Albert Einstein’s long-predicted gravitational waves has been confirmed. The waves, first postulated by Einstein a century ago, are ripples in the fabric ...