Gravitational Waves

Originally designed as a satellite dedicated to studying GRBs — gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful explosions in the cosmos —…

D.15 LISA Preparatory Science (LPS) supports U.S. investigators to conduct activities that contribute to furthering the eventual science yield of…

D.15 LISA Preparatory Science (LPS) supports U.S. investigators to conduct activities that contribute to furthering the eventual science yield of…

Gravitational waves are invisible ripples in the fabric of space-time that propagate at the speed of light. They are the…

Editor’s note, April 18, 2024: BurstCube deployed into orbit from the space station April 18, 2024. It will begin a…

The first space-based observatory designed to detect gravitational waves has passed a major review and will proceed to the construction…

Stephen Lesage’s phone started vibrating just after halftime on Oct. 9, 2022, while he was watching a soccer game in…

Just about every galaxy the size of our Milky Way (or bigger) has a supermassive black hole at its center.…

Black holes are some of the most bizarre and fascinating objects in the cosmos. Astronomers want to study lots of…