As scientists at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory resume their search for ripples in the fabric of space-time, the awards for their discoveries continue to stack up. On Monday, ...

The National Science Foundation’s LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) is set to resume its hunt for gravitational waves — ripples in space and time — on April 1, after receiving ...

The Trump administration wants to close one of the nation’s two cutting-edge observatories — one of them in the Tri-Cities — that made scientific history and launched a new way to study the universe.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Installation of in-vacuum equipment as a part of the squeezed-light upgrade before Advanced LIGO’s third observing run. LIGO team ...

Gravitational-wave astronomy is growing up. These ripples in the fabric of space-time are created by accelerating masses, which then travel outward from their origin at the speed of light. While ...

Researchers report a significant advance in quantum squeezing, which allows them to measure undulations in space-time across the entire range of gravitational frequencies detected by LIGO. In 2015, ...

After a whirlwind tour of press conferences, parties and awards following their Feb. 11 announcement of the world’s first direct detection of gravitational waves, the team of scientists at the Laser ...

Installation of in-vacuum equipment as a part of the squeezed-light upgrade before Advanced LIGO’s third observing run. LIGO team members install in-vacuum equipment that is part of the squeezed-light ...