LISA
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…
Scientists Develop a Novel Method for Detecting Supermassive Black Holes: Use Smaller Black Holes!
In 1974, astronomers Bruce Balick and Robert L. Brown discovered a powerful radio source at the center of the Milky…
If You Could See Gravitational Waves, the Universe Would Look Like This
Our biology limits our vision. Our eyes can only perceive specific wavelengths of light. But what if we could see…
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…
New Simulations Show How Black Holes Grow, Through Mergers and Accretion
One of the most pressing questions in astronomy concerns black holes. We know that massive stars that explode as supernovae…
Gravitational Waves Might be the Key to Finding Dark Matter
Exotic dark matter theories. Gravitational waves. Observatories in space. Giant black holes. Colliding galaxies. Lasers. If you're a fan of…
LISA is On! Gravitational Wave Detection is Going to Space
The ESA recently decided to move forward with its LISA mission, a trio of satellites that will be the first…
Gravitational Astronomy? How Detecting Gravitational Waves Changes Everything
We’ve now had multiple detections of gravitational waves, opening up a whole new field: gravitational astronomy. We talk about the…
Weekly Space Hangout – June 10, 2016: Dr. Chris McKay
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: NASA Astrobiologist Dr. Chris McKay organized an August 2014 workshop to discuss the future…
Weekly Space Hangout – June 26, 2015: Paul Sutter, CCAPP Visiting Fellow
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: This week we welcome Paul Sutter, the CCAPP Visiting Fellow who works on the…