Physicists have successfully developed a new instrument that significantly reduces quantum-level noise that has thus far limited experiments' ability to spot gravitational waves. Collisions between massive black holes... more

Just a year ago, the National Science Foundation-funded Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory, or LIGO, was picking up whispers of gravitational waves every month or so. Now,... more

Gravitational waves leave behind a memory — a permanent bend in space-time — as they pass through. more

Technology “squeezes” out quantum noise so more gravitational wave signals can be detected. more

Just a year ago, the National Science Foundation-funded Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory, or LIGO, was picking up whispers of gravitational waves every month or so. Now, a new addition to the system is enabling the instruments to detect... more

Shrouded in mystery since their discovery, the phenomenon of black holes continues to be... more

LISA Pathfinder, a mission led by ESA (the European Space Agency) that included NASA contributions, successfully demonstrated technologies needed to build a future space-based gravitational wave observatory, a tool for detecting ripples... more

Astrophysicists present a compelling roadmap for capturing intermediate-mass black hole activity. more

New research by astrophysicists presents a compelling roadmap for capturing intermediate-mass black hole activity. more

This wasn't what anyone was hoping for. more

Shrouded in mystery since their discovery, the phenomenon of black holes continues to be one of the most mind-boggling enigmas in our universe. more

Gravitational wave detectors are finding black hole mergers in the universe at the rate of one... more