Learn more about LIGO, the observatory that detected two massive black holes merging, the largest in recorded history.

Twin orbs of superhot plasma at the Milky Way's center known as the "Fermi bubbles" contain inexplicable clouds of cold ...

A short-lived ripple in space-time revealed that two black holes merged into a giant black hole with the mass of 225 suns ...

The LIGO Hanford Observatory near the Tri-Cities and its twin in Louisiana detected ripples of time and space passing through Earth from the most massive collision of black holes ever observed, a ...

"The biggest surprise of all was that the black hole was not located inside either of the two nuclei but in the middle. We asked ourselves: How can we make sense of this?" ...

Astronomers have detected the most massive black hole merger ever observed, challenging stellar evolution and black hole formation theories.

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

Ripples in space-time signalling the largest merger of two black holes ever seen challenge current understanding of the ...

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

A collision observed between two black holes, each more massive than a hundred suns, is the largest merger of its kind ever ...

Black holes are some of the most enigmatic and terrifying phenomena in the universe. These cosmic giants possess gravitational forces so intense that not even light can escape their grasp. While black ...