Astronomers have detected spacetime itself being dragged and twisted by a spinning black hole for the first time. The ...

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Astronomers have finally captured a black hole twisting the very fabric of spacetime. This phenomenon, known as ...

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A supermassive black hole was caught twisting spacetime, offering the clearest real-world evidence yet for Einstein’s ...

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Thinking of space and time as a liquid might help reconcile quantum mechanics and relativity. You have full access to this article via your institution. If spacetime is like a liquid — a concept some ...

Astronomers have finally watched a black hole twist spacetime in real time, catching the fabric of the universe itself ...