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 ...

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, ...

A roundup of flat, knee-high styles that are both practical and pleasing to the eye. By Jaclyn Bloomfield In T’s column 1 Piece, 10 Budgets, we share 10 perfect versions of an item in a range of ...

An eon ago, when only microbes dwelled on Earth, a pair of black holes some 1.3 billion light-years beyond the solar system spiraled toward each other until they crashed. The two became one big black ...

Continue to the right, to come to the main section of Mother of Mothers. Here, you'll see swinging lanterns. When these are far back, they won't be able to hit you, but when they're swinging to the ...

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 ...

A longtime trustee of the Museum of Modern Art, she was a savvy collector who befriended young artists like Robert Mapplethorpe and made her townhouse a showcase. By Penelope Green Barbara Jakobson, ...