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A technician inspects a prototype LISA telescope.

NASA Reveals Prototype Telescope for Gravitational Wave Observatory

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NASA has revealed the first look at a full-scale prototype for six telescopes that will enable, in the next decade,…

Article2 months ago
Artist concept of 3 spacecraft in orbit on a dark background with lighter colored concentric rings

Amendment 46: Several Changes to D.15 LISA Preparatory Science

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

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This artist’s concept shows the BurstCube satellite in orbit against a background of stars.

NASA’s Tiny BurstCube Mission Launches to Study Cosmic Blasts

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

Article9 months ago

NASA Collaborating on European-led Gravitational Wave Observatory in Space

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

Article11 months ago

How NASA Chases and Investigates Bright Cosmic Blips

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

Article11 months ago
At the beginning of this animated GIF, we see the glowing gas surrounding two black holes. The gas is shaded orange and purple, and it is tightly wound around each individual black hole. They each have a tail of gas, looking like a comma. As the animation proceeds, the camera moves to see the two black holes nearly in line with each other and then back to see the bottom of the system. As the view tilts, the gravitational effects of the black holes at the center cause the light to bend like a funhouse mirror.

A Mesmerizing Model of Monster Black Holes

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

Article2 years ago

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