Learn how researchers used Einstein’s theory of general relativity to create the most accurate simulations to date.

Using cutting-edge algorithms and exascale supercomputers, researchers have created the most realistic simulations yet of matter flowing into black holes. Building on decades of research, a group of c ...

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A remarkably clean gravitational-wave detection has confirmed long-standing predictions about black holes, including ...

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A team of computational astrophysicists from the Institute for Advanced Study and the Flatiron Institute's Center for ...

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In the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way, there is a supermassive black hole feeding on nearby stars. It's called Sagittarius A*. And if a giant gravitational monster slowly eating the galaxy isn't ...