When two massive objects – like black holes or neutron stars – merge, they warp space and time. Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library via Getty Images After a three-year hiatus, scientists in the U.S.

Ten years after the first detection of gravitational waves, scientists have captured the clearest signal yet — and it confirms one of Stephen Hawking’s most famous predictions. Using the upgraded LIGO ...

After a three-year hiatus, scientists in the U.S. have just turned on detectors capable of measuring gravitational waves—tiny ripples in space itself that travel through the universe. Unlike light ...

A specialist checks the alignment of a test beam at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory. (National Science Foundation Photo) After three years of upgrading and waiting, due in part ...

Gravitational waves are caused by cosmic events like colliding black holes or neutron stars, explosive supernovas and even the birth of the universe. The waves travel across the universe at the speed ...

After a whirlwind tour of press conferences, parties and awards following their Feb. 11 announcement of the world’s first direct detection of gravitational waves, the team of scientists at the Laser ...

After a three-year hiatus, scientists in the US have just turned on detectors capable of measuring gravitational waves—tiny ripples in space itself that travel through the universe. Unlike light waves ...

After a series of instrument upgrades, LIGO is coming back online April 1 to search for fainter gravitational waves around the universe. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in ...

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The LIGO project's gravitational-wave detector facility in Livingston, Louisiana. Seven years ago, researchers with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) reported the first ...

The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded Tuesday morning to three pioneers of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory, which announced last year the world's first direct detection ...

Seven years ago, researchers with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) reported the first detection of gravitational waves. Now, the list of gravitational wave candidates ...