The massive black hole has been dubbed GW231123. Its unusual size and behavior is challenging scientists' understanding of ...

Less than a decade since the first detection of gravitational waves—ripples in spacetime itself—proposed budget cuts threaten ...

Lovingly lit Ramblers, Javelins, Marlins, and Pacers fill the screen in a production led by automotive journalist Joe Ligo.

A puzzling gravitational wave was detected, and astronomers have determined that it comes from a record-breaking black hole ...

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Scientists have detected the merger of the most massive black holes ever observed with gravitational waves, using the US National Science Foundation-funded (NSF) LIGO Hanford and Livingston ...

Scientists at the LIGO Hanford Observatory have made a groundbreaking discovery by observing the largest black hole merger ever recorded through gravitational waves.

A collaboration between humanity’s three gravitational wave detectors have identified a black hole merger event that created ...

Long ago, in a galaxy far away, two black holes danced around each other, drawing ever closer until they ended in a cosmic collision that sent ripples through the fabric of spacetime. On September 14, ...

At 225 solar masses, this gargantuan merger of two black holes challenges our thinking on these famously elusive objects.

The future of at least one of the U.S. LIGO observatories is in jeopardy as deep cuts to science programs are proposed by the ...