What are Gravitational Waves?

Gravitational waves are ripples in spacetime predicted by Einstein and first detected by LIGO in 2015, confirming black hole ...

Physicists Unlock a New Way To Detect Tiny Fluctuations in Spacetime

A new theoretical framework shows how subtle fluctuations in spacetime could be detected using existing interferometers.
EurekAlert!

LIGO, Virgo and KAGRA observed “second generation” black holes

In a new paper published today in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, the international LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration reports on the detection of two gravitational wave events in October and November ...
Space.com

LIGO Legacy: 10 incredible gravitational wave breakthroughs to celebrate observatory's landmark 2015 find

A lot has happened in gravitational-wave astronomy over the past decade. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, the ...
Phys.org

Ten years later, LIGO is a black-hole hunting machine

On September 14, 2015, a signal arrived on Earth, carrying information about a pair of remote black holes that had spiraled together and merged. The signal had traveled about 1.3 billion years to ...
techexplorist

How LIGO Became a Black Hole Hunting Machine in Just Ten Years

Caption:This illustration portrays GW250114, a powerful collision between two black holes recently observed in gravitational waves. Ten years after LIGO’s landmark detection of the first gravitational ...
Gizmodo

LIGO’s Sharpest Detection Yet Confirms Famous Stephen Hawking Theory

Ten years after LIGO’s historical detection of gravitational waves, the project is cracking black hole mysteries at an astounding pace. Reading time 4 minutes LIGO’s discovery of gravitational ...
The New York Times

Happy Birthday, LIGO. Now Drop Dead.

Ten years ago, astronomers made an epic discovery with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. Cosmology hasn’t been the same since, and it might not stay that way much longer. Out ...
GeekWire

LIGO and Google create a new AI tool to supercharge the hunt for gravitational waves

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO, has already won its researchers a Nobel Prize — and now artificial intelligence is poised to take LIGO’s search for cosmic collisions ...
Phys.org

New algorithm hushes unwanted noise in LIGO, may lead to more black hole discoveries

LIGO, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory, has been called the most precise ruler in the world for its ability to measure motions more than 10,000 times smaller than the width of a ...
IFLScience

LIGO Could Detect Gravitational Waves From An Alien Spacecraft, But There's A Catch

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
Tri-City Herald

WA senator fighting to save Nobel Prize-winning Tri-Cities observatory

Senate bill includes funding to keep both U.S. LIGO observatories operational. LIGO confirmed 300 gravitational wave events since Nobel-honored 2015 discovery. Sen. Murray worked to save LIGO by ...