In a paper published earlier this month in Physical Review Letters, a team of physicists led by Jonathan Richardson of the ...

Scientists have discovered a new way to probe the interiors of neutron stars by using gravitational waves to turn them into ...

The passing gravitational waves “stretch or contract the universe by around 20 meters [about 65 feet] or so,” says Matthew ...

The research paper reports a breakthrough that will enable gravitational-wave detectors to reach extreme laser powers. It ...

LISA is set to revolutionize our understanding of the gravitational universe and the interactions that make the entire cosmos ...

When astronomers detected the first long-predicted gravitational waves in 2015, it opened a whole new window into the ...

By observing tiny ripples in spacetime called "gravitational waves" that propagate away from colliding black holes, ...

Researchers have discovered that black holes engage in a cosmic dance and a star-lit meal to vibe with each other in a cosmic ...

Morganoshell via Wikipedia under CC By-SA 4.0 A decade ago, physicists using twin detectors in Washington State and Louisiana detected gravitational waves—subtle ripples in space-time—for the ...

This black hole merger animation was created using data collected by the LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave detectors, an observation designated GW190412. Credits: © N. Fischer, H. Pfeiffer, A.

For gravity wave clouds to form, the atmosphere must be in a relatively stable state. Under calm conditions, the air exhibits vertical motion, where warm (less dense) air rives, and cool (more dense) ...