12 February 2016
A scientific breakthrough as gravitational waves detected for the first time
... black hole merger has been observed by researchers using the two detectors of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). The discovery is a triumph for scientific breakthroughs and confirms a prediction made by Albert Einstein...
02 June 2017
A third success for LIGO as more gravitational waves detected
... first two detections were not a fluke, scientists have detected gravitational waves for the third time at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) detectors, located in Livingston, Louisiana, and Hanford, Washington. Referred...
24 July 2020
A first of its kind white dwarf merger with a dense compact object discovered by students
... right, again, but it kick-started a new field of astronomy and had everyone connected to the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) – the facility that recorded the event – on the hunt for more. Current reports suggest that...
23 February 2016
Researchers probe black-hole mergers with fast-powered winds
The recent ground-breaking detection of gravitational waves by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) provided confirmation of not only the elusive phenomena predicted by Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity, but ...
02 December 2019
"Impossible" black hole found in our Galaxy
... of LB-1 fits nicely with another breakthrough in astrophysics. Recently, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and Virgo gravitational wave detectors have begun to catch ripples in spacetime caused by collisions of black...
29 June 2020
Black hole collision may have exploded with light
...black holes. The merger was identified on 21 May 2019 by two gravitational wave detectors - the US National Science Foundation's Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) and the European Virgo detector - in an event called GW190521g...
