Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO)

How NASA Chases and Investigates Bright Cosmic Blips

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

Gamma-Ray Bursts: Black Hole Birth Announcements

Gamma-ray bursts are the brightest, most violent explosions in the universe, but they can be surprisingly tricky to detect. Our…

A Mesmerizing Model of Monster Black Holes

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

Black Holes: Seeing the Invisible!

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

Be Glad You Don’t Have to Dust in Space!

Come springtime you might be ready to throw open the windows and break out the feather duster, because that’s a…

When Dead Stars Collide!

In October 2017, for the first time, astronomers observed light and gravitational waves from the same source.