Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
Astronomers Will Get Gravitational Wave Alerts Within 30 Seconds
Any event in the cosmos generates gravitational waves, the bigger the event, the more disturbance. Events where black holes and…
After Three Years of Upgrades, LIGO is Fully Operational Again
Have you noticed a lack of gravitational wave announcements the past couple of years? Well, now it is time to…
LISA Will Be a Remarkable Gravitational-Wave Observatory. But There’s a Way to Make it 100 Times More Powerful
A team of researchers with the ESA propose an upgrade for the LISA mission (LISAMax), which could revolutionize gravitational wave…
Shortly Before They Collided, two Black Holes Tangled Spacetime up Into Knots
An international team led from Cardiff University has confirmed that black hole binaries experience precession.
A Highly Eccentric Black Hole Merger Detected for the First Time
Recent research into a gravitational wave event has revealed new insights into black hole mergers, cosmic expansion, and the growth…
Astronomers Detected a Black Hole Merger With Very Different Mass Objects
In another first, the latest gravitational wave event to be detected came from the merger of two black holes of…
Dr. Avi Loeb Thinks the Government Should set its Sights on Big Ideas in Space Exploration
In honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing, a Harvard Professor and former White House science advisor recommend…
LIGO Just Got a Big Upgrade, Will Begin Searching for Gravitational Waves Again on April 1st
After undergoing upgrades, the LIGO observatory will be going back online this April, with "almost daily" detections of gravitational wave…
Here’s Something Strange, the Afterglow From Last Year’s Kilonova is Continuing to Brighten
Contrary to what was expected, a team of astronomers has discovered that kilonova event has been brightening ever since it…
Astronomers Set the Limit for Just How Massive Neutron Stars Can Be
Based on recent gravitational wave research, a team of scientists from the University of Frankfurt have placed an upper limit…