Saturday, January 3, 2026

New Research Reveals how Gravitational Waves Could be Used to Decode Dark Matter

Illustration of supermassive binary black hole binary systems at the cores of galaxies and the GWs they produce. Credit: NANOGrav/Olena Shmahalo

A new study by researchers at the University of Amsterdam shows how gravitational waves from black holes can be used to reveal the presence of dark matter and help determine its properties. The key is a new model, based on Einstein’s theory of general relativity, that tracks in detail how a black hole interacts with the surrounding matter.



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