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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A team of physicists, led by Jonathan Richardson from the University of California, Riverside, has made a breakthrough in ...

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 ...

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

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.

That's when the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) in the US detected these waves for the first time. It took such a long time because despite how huge they sound ...

The discovery could explain mysterious signatures seen in gravitational wave signals detected by the Laser Interferometer, Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), and its co-detector Virgo.

Observatories like LIGO and... A supermassive black hole 100 ... Data from the now-collapsed Arecibo Observatory continues to drive major discoveries in space science. Sofia Sheikh and her team ...