Gravitational Waves
Communicating with Gravitational Waves
When astronomers detected the first long-predicted gravitational waves in 2015, it opened a whole new window into the Universe. Before…
Recent Observations Challenge our Understanding of Giant Black Holes
Black holes are among the most mysterious and powerful objects in the Universe. These behemoths form when sufficiently massive stars…
Gravitational Waves Could Give Us Insights into Fast Radio Bursts
Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are mysterious pulses of energy that can last from a fraction of a millisecond to about…
LIGO Fails to Find Continuous Gravitational Waves From Pulsars
In February 2016, scientists working for the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) made history by announcing the first-ever detection of…
MeerKAT Confirms the Gravitational Wave Background of the Universe in Record Time
Astronomers are collecting evidence for the gravitational wave background of the Universe, caused by merging supermassive black holes. Now, the…
NASA is Building Telescopes for the LISA Mission
Some of the most cataclysmic and mysterious events in the cosmos only reveal themselves by their gravitational waves. We've detected…
How Gravitational Waves Could Let Us See the First Moments After the Big Bang
Cosmology has had several ground-breaking discoveries over the last 100+ years since Einstein developed his theory of relativity. Two of…
Future Gravitational Wave Observatories Could See the Earliest Black Hole Mergers in the Universe
In February 2016, scientists at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) confirmed they made the first-ever detection of gravitational waves…
Two Supermassive Black Holes on a Collision Course With Each Other
Galaxy collisions are foundational events in the Universe. They happen when two systems mingle stars in a cosmic dance. They…
The Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole Might Have Formed 9 Billion Years Ago
Large galaxies like ours are hosts to Supermassive Black Holes (SMBHs.) They can be so massive that they resist comprehension,…