LIGO observatory near Richland confirmed Einstein’s theory of relativity, it also has proven one of Hawking’s theorems.

On September 14, 2015, a signal arrived on Earth, carrying information about a pair of remote black holes that had spiraled ...

For scientists, learning more about how black holes behave is essential to understanding how the universe works. A recent ...

Ten years after LIGO’s historical detection of gravitational waves, the project is cracking black hole mysteries at an ...

Ten years ago, astronomers made an epic discovery with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. Cosmology ...

Scientists have captured the clearest signal yet of a black hole collision, confirming Stephen Hawking's theory.

For the first time, astrophysicists have measured the recoil resulting from the birth of a new black hole that formed from ...

For the first time, scientists measured a newborn black hole that "kicked" off into space after 2 larger black holes merged together.

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 ...

Since that day, LIGO — composed of two highly sensitive laser interferometers located in Hanford, Washington and Livingston, ...

Trying to figure out the nature of the universe and our place in it has been a quest of humankind since the beginning of time. That these powerful tools exist today in Louisiana should be a source of ...

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