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

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

The grant will create a weather network tailored to the parish and will allow for quicker and more accurate updates during ...

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

A group of Manitoba researchers were involved behind the scenes of an international effort that this week revealed the first ...

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 largest black hole collision ever recorded has scientists' jaws on the floor — and scratching their heads.

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.