Earth is awash in gravitational waves. Over a six-month period, scientists captured a bounty of 39 sets of gravitational waves. The waves, which stretch and squeeze the fabric of spacetime, were ...

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory has made a third detection of gravitational waves, providing the latest confirmation that a new window in astronomy has opened. As was the case ...

After seven years of upgrades, the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatories were dedicated on Tuesday at the LIGO Hanford facility near Richland, Washington. Subscribe to read ...

Update: this story was changed to reflect its attribution to Gaby Gonzalez's talk at the January 2018 AAS Meeting, as well as the attribution of major parts of this story to the LIGO press release ...

Physics World announced today that the 2016 Breakthrough of the Year goes to the LIGO Scientific Collaboration for “their revolutionary, first ever direct observations of gravitational waves.” LSU ...

Floating tenders for construction, levelling of the land and construction of a strategic building are priorities for the scientific management team of the third Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave ...

THERE was never much doubt that we would observe gravitational waves sooner or later. This rhythmic squeezing and stretching of space and time is a natural consequence of one of science’s most ...