The merger wasn’t just the biggest ever, but also an event so rare that it challenges existing models for black hole genesis.

A puzzling gravitational wave was detected, and astronomers have determined that it comes from a record-breaking black hole ...

Lovingly lit Ramblers, Javelins, Marlins, and Pacers fill the screen in a production led by automotive journalist Joe Ligo.

A collision observed between two black holes, each more massive than a hundred suns, is the largest merger of its kind ever ...

The massive black hole has been dubbed GW231123. Its unusual size and behavior is challenging scientists' understanding of ...

The largest black hole collision ever recorded has scientists' jaws on the floor — and scratching their heads.

A U.S. gravitational wave detector spotted a collision between fast-spinning “forbidden” black holes that challenge physics ...

To date, the collaboration has detected dozens of merger events since its first Nobel Prize-winning discovery. Early detected ...

LIGO detected gravitational waves created from the collision between two black holes. The detection was awesome, but let's look at the name of the detector for a second: Laser Interferometer ...

For now, the LIGO team cannot localize where these black holes merge. But as more detectors come online in Europe, Japan and India, researchers will be better able to triangulate the sources.

And LIGO’s second gravitational wave event, GW151226, is great for both! Essentially, on the pessimist’s side, GW151226 makes it all-but-certain that LIGO is picking up genuine gravitational ...

When LIGO detected gravitational waves for the first time, we were delighted, but we weren't surprised. Theorists had calculated exactly the type of LIGO-sensitive signal that should result from ...