Fans of the galactic observatory near Richland have the easiest way yet to keep up with the latest discoveries. Now, you can get an alert nearly as quickly as the astronomers following LIGO Hanford so ...
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: In May of 2019, a short-duration binary black hole (BBH) merger contained no evidence of the inspiral signal typical of these kinds of a ...
On August 14, the after-effects of an extreme cosmic blast rippled through you, me, and everyone we know. But you didn't feel it. The only instruments on Earth that knew the fabric of space and time ...
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: When the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) detected the very first gravitational wave in 2015, it began a new era of ...