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

Researchers announced they have discovered the most massive black hole merger by detecting gravitational waves. Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 In 2015, the ...

Approximately 100 black-hole mergers have previously been observed through gravitational waves. Until now the most massive binary was the source of GW190521, with a much smaller total mass of ‘only’ ...

A collision observed between two black holes, each more massive than a hundred suns, is the largest merger of its kind ever recorded, according to new research.

In a Q&A, astrophysicist Chiara Mingarelli explains how black hole mergers and quasars are helping lay the groundwork for detecting a network of gravitational waves.

How magnetic fields interact with gravitational waves The detection mechanism relies on a clever two-step interaction between gravitational waves and magnetic fields.

On September 14, 2015, humanity crossed a cosmic threshold. LIGO detected gravitational waves - ripples in spacetime predicted by Einstein but never before observed. It’s as if we gained a new ...

Over time, a stochastic background of gravitational waves should imprint a specific angular correlation pattern (described by the astrometric Hellings–Downs curve) in the proper motions of ...

LIGO facilities detected first gravitational waves and advanced multi-messenger astronomy. Proposed closure risks halting upgrades, losing expertise, and ceding global leadership.