Gravitational Waves
All The Gravitational Waves Detected So Far
Few events in the astronomy community were received with more fanfare than the first detection of gravitational waves, which took…
China’s Planning to Launch a Space-Based Gravitational Wave Observatory in the 2030s: TianQin. Here’s how it’ll Stack up Against LISA
The successful detection of gravitational waves has been a game-changer for astronomy. And now the new frontier is in space,…
The Kilonova-Chasing Gravitational-Wave Optical Transient Observer is About to be Watching the Whole Sky
Lately there has been a flood of interest in gravitational waves. After the first official detection at LIGO / Virgo…
Black Holes Make Complex Gravitational-Wave Chirps as They Merge
When black holes collide, they emit chirps of gravitational waves even after they have merged.
Behold! The Black Hole Collision Calculator!
A new tool called the Black Hole Collision Calculator let's users see just how powerful a collision between a black…
Gravitational waves could show what’s happening inside a star as it’s going supernova
It's kind of hard to see inside a star as it's blowing up, because of the whole "blowing up" part,…
Could a tabletop experiment detect gravitational waves and determine the quantum nature of gravity?
A tabletop gravitational wave detector could take decades to build, but it could answer the most fundamental questions in physics.
Why Can Black Hole Binaries Have Dramatically Different Masses? Multiple Generations of Mergers
Black hole mergers with very different masses tell us how small mergers can give rise to even larger ones.
The Moon is an Ideal Spot for a Gravitational Wave Observatory
A prestigious pair of astronomers have published a paper recommending that a gravitational wave observatory be built on the far…
A Black Hole Popping Out of a Traversable Wormhole Should Give Off a Very Specific Signal in Gravitational Waves
Gravitational wave astronomy has changed the way we view the cosmos. In only a few years we have observed the…