On Dec. 26, 2015, the two identical instruments that make up the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) -- located in Washington and Louisiana -- recorded the signal from the ...

X-ray astronomy is a somewhat neglected corner of the more general field of astronomy. The biggest names in telescopes, like ...

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO, is one of the most powerful scientific equipment for detecting gravitational waves. Covering an area of 16 square kilometers ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is made up of two complexes in the United States. Separated by thousands of miles, each one is 5 ...

According to Einstein’s theory of general relativity, gravitational waves warp spacetime. In the process, they could imprint ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Scientists from the international Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) collaboration just announced that they've recorded gravitational waves ...

Plans for future upgrades to the 4-kilometer LIGO detectors and the construction of a next-generation 40-kilometer observatory, Cosmic Explorer, aim to push the gravitational-wave detection ...

The network will enhance a field of science born just four years ago, when the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) solved a 100-year-old mystery posed by Albert Einstein.

who is involved in LIGO-related research, said in an interview. The entire history of astronomy has hinged on studying the universe with light, but now, we have an entirely different way to peer ...

However, scientists from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) experiment finally detected these cosmic reverberations on Sept. 14, 2015, thanks to the fearsome collision ...

The planned 40-km Cosmic Explorer observatory will build on this technology, allowing scientists to detect gravitational waves from the universe’s earliest moments. Gravitational-wave detection ...