LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration
Next Generation Gravitational Wave Detectors Should be Able to see the Primordial Waves From the Big Bang
Underneath all the gravitational waves we see are faint primordial waves. If we can detect them, it could change our…
Merging Black Holes and Neutron Stars. All the Gravitational Wave Events Seen So Far in One Picture
The Theory of Relativity predicted the existence of black holes and neutron stars. Einstein gets the credit for the theory…
14% of all the Massive Stars in the Universe are Destined to Collide as Black Holes
Einstein's Theory of General Relativity predicted that black holes would form and eventually collide. It also predicted the creation of…
LIGO Will Squeeze Light To Overcome The Quantum Noise Of Empty Space
LIGO is so sensitive it can hear the quantum fluctuations of a vacuum. But by squeezing light it can make…
Hubble Has Looked at the 2017 Kilonova Explosion Almost a Dozen Times, Watching it Slowly Fade Away
In 2017, LIGO (Laser-Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory) and Virgo detected gravitational waves coming from the merger of two neutron stars.…
It Looks Like LIGO/Virgo Have Detected a Black Hole Eating a Neutron Star. For the First Time Ever
A new signal detected by LIGO/Virgo may be the so-called 'holy grail' of astrophysics: the merger of a neutron star…
New Gravitational Waves Detected From Four More Black Hole Mergers. Total Detections up to 11 Now
The LIGO and Virgo collaborations recently announced the detection of four more gravitational wave events, bringing the total to eleven.