Joseph Giaime, head of the observatory, joined Louisiana Considered to talk to us about the event’s significance, and how ...

In the year of quantum, university’s faculty and students continue to innovate bold new work in quantum computing, ...

To study this merger, scientists had to use advanced models that account for how fast-spinning black holes behave—a ...

A new theory promises to simplify our approach to the universe's earliest moments, but some cosmologists say further ...

At 225 solar masses, this gargantuan merger of two black holes challenges our thinking on these famously elusive objects.

Scientists are using pulsars to detect the gravitational wave 'hum' created from supermassive black hole mergers. Credit: ...

An international team of physicists discovered the largest-ever merger of 2 black holes through a phenomenon known as ...

The White House's 2026 budget proposal threatens dozens of active and upcoming science missions designed to explore the ...

Scientists say the two black holes merged after colliding at speeds near the limit allowed by Albert Einstein’s theory of ...

The future of at least one of the U.S. LIGO observatories is in jeopardy as deep cuts to science programs are proposed by the Trump administration.