In an article for Quanta, Isabel Garcia Garcia, past Member in the School of Natural Sciences (2022–23), discusses the latent possibilities of LISA, the first dedicated space-based gravitational wave observatory, currently scheduled to launch in the 2030s.
Scholars at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) recently
submitted a
paper announcing the discovery of six new binary black hole
mergers that exceed the detection thresholds defined by the
LIGO-Virgo Collaboration (LVC), the group responsible for...
Gravitational waves were detected for the first time a year and
a half ago, when some of them throbbed through Earth. Two
incredibly sensitive detectors—one in Washington State and one in
Louisiana—picked up the distortions in spacetime, emanating...
Confronted with a theoretical question, such as whether or not
gravitational waves exist, Richard Feynman never trusted
authorities. Rather, he tried to develop and convince himself of a
solution in the simplest way possible, constructing an...
Scientists who in February announced their landmark discovery of
these ripples in spacetime revealed today that they had detected
more—again caused by a pair of crashing black holes. This second
find shows that the initial discovery was not a rare...
In Black Hole Blues: And Other Songs From Outer Space
the astrophysicist and novelist Janna Levin chronicles the
decades-long development of a machine that could detect
gravitational waves—a quest marked by the highest degree of human
intelligence...
