Virgo collaboration

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…

3 months ago

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

2 years ago

LIGO Scientists who Detected Gravitational Waves Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics

For their immeasurable contributions to the discovery of gravitational waves, Caltech professors Kip S. Thorne and Barry C. Barish, and…

7 years ago

LIGO and Virgo Observatories Detect Black Holes Colliding

The Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo detectors recently made the first simultaneous detection of gravitational waves, ushering in a new…

7 years ago