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For its Next Trick, Gaia Could Help Detect Background Gravitational Waves in the Universe
Ripples in a pond can be captivating on a nice sunny day as can ripples in the very fabric of…
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…
Gravitational Waves From Colliding Neutron Stars Matched to a Fast Radio Burst
A recent study by an Australian-American team has provided compelling evidence that FRBs may be caused by merging neutron stars.
Gravitational Wave Observatories Could Search for Warp Drive Signatures
A new study shows how gravitational wave observatories could be used to search for technosignatures throughout the galaxy
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.
Gamma ray Telescopes Might be Able to Detect the Gravitational Waves Caused by Merging Supermassive Black Holes
Gamma rays could be the new source for observing gravitational waves, according to a recent release from the Max Planck…
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…
Gravitational Waves Reveal Surprising Secrets About Neutron Stars
The confirmation of gravitational waves back in 2017 continues to unlock whole new worlds of physics but also continues to…
On its Next run, LIGO Will be Able to Probe 8 Times as Much Space
Materials science has once again come through for space exploration. Researchers at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) have developed…