A new method to analyze gravitational-wave data could transform how we study some of the universe's most extreme events—black ...

A U.S. gravitational wave detector spotted a collision between fast-spinning “forbidden” black holes that challenge physics ...

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) is no stranger to making history and breaking records. In 2015 ...

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

Scientists have detected the most massive black hole merger spotted so far. The event is at the limits of the capabilities of ...

Gravitational-wave detectors have captured their biggest spectacle yet: two gargantuan, rapidly spinning black holes likely ...

To date, the collaboration has detected dozens of merger events since its first Nobel Prize-winning discovery. Early detected ...

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

The Trump administration has proposed closing either the LIGO Hanford observatory in WA or its twin in Louisiana.

A physics conference has received a report of the gravitational wave from the heaviest pair of black holes we’ve so far ...

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

New gravitational wave findings from the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration report the discovery of the largest black hole merger ...