Quantum gravity represents the frontier where the very large meets the very small, attempting to unify Einstein's theory of gravity with the strange rules of quantum mechanics. This field explores the fundamental fabric of spacetime, seeking to understand how the universe behaves at its most extreme scales, from the heart of black holes to the moment of the Big Bang. Because these concepts often involve complex mathematics, they can feel distant to non-specialists, yet they hold the key to a complete picture of physical reality.

At Gist.Science, we bridge this gap by processing every new preprint in this category directly from arXiv. Our team provides both plain-language explanations and detailed technical summaries for each paper, ensuring that groundbreaking research is accessible to everyone, from curious students to seasoned researchers. Below are the latest papers in quantum gravity, offering fresh insights into the nature of our cosmos.

Gravitational wave radiation from periodic orbits in regular black holes

This paper investigates gravitational wave radiation from periodic orbits in regular black hole spacetimes, demonstrating distinct differences from singular Schwarzschild geometry through orbit characteristics, strain profiles, and power spectra to aid in developing detection templates for LISA while providing new analytical expressions for Schwarzschild radiation.

Rishav Agrawal, Anjan Kar, Soumya Jana, Sayan Kar2026-02-25⚛️ gr-qc

Resonant amplification of multimessenger emission in rotating stellar core collapse

This paper identifies a resonant amplification mechanism in rotating stellar core-collapse supernovae, where the coupling between proto-neutron star oscillations and inner core epicyclic frequencies significantly enhances gravitational wave and neutrino emissions, potentially making these events detectable by current and next-generation observatories to reveal the explosion mechanism.

Marco Cusinato, Martin Obergaulinger, Miguel-Ángel Aloy, José-Antonio Font2026-02-24⚛️ gr-qc

Effective field theory of coupled dark energy and dark matter

This paper formulates an effective field theory for coupled dark energy and dark matter by integrating vector-tensor and non-relativistic fluid sectors, deriving linear perturbation equations and stability conditions, and demonstrating that energy-momentum transfers can reduce the effective gravitational coupling of dark matter at low redshifts.

Katsuki Aoki, Jose Beltrán Jiménez, Masroor C. Pookkillath, Shinji Tsujikawa2026-02-24⚛️ gr-qc

Probing Dark Matter's Gravitational Effects Locally with TianQin

This study demonstrates that the TianQin mission can constrain the local gravitational effects of dark matter by comparing high-precision orbit determinations at low and high altitudes, achieving a sensitivity of 108kgm310^{-8}\,\,{\rm kg\,\,m^{-3}} that significantly surpasses existing bounds for the solar system and the Galaxy.

Zheng-Cheng Liang, Fa-Peng Huang, Xuefeng Zhang, Yi-Ming Hu2026-02-24⚛️ gr-qc

Null infinity as an inverted extremal horizon: Matching an infinite set of conserved quantities for gravitational perturbations

This paper establishes a geometric duality between null infinity and extremal horizons via spatial inversion, demonstrating that this mapping creates a one-to-one correspondence between Newman-Penrose conserved quantities at infinity and a newly derived tower of exactly conserved near-horizon gravitational charges, even for non-conformally isometric extremal Kerr-Newman black holes.

Shreyansh Agrawal, Panagiotis Charalambous, Laura Donnay2026-02-24⚛️ gr-qc

Beware of the running nsn_s when producing heavy primordial black holes

This paper demonstrates that the Atacama Cosmology Telescope's observed preference for positive running of the scalar spectral index significantly constrains ultra-slow-roll inflationary models, making the production of massive primordial black holes difficult while still allowing asteroid-mass primordial black holes to potentially constitute all dark matter.

Sasha Allegrini, Antonio J. Iovino, Hardi Veermäe2026-02-24⚛️ gr-qc