LISA is set to revolutionize our understanding of the gravitational universe and the interactions that make the entire cosmos ...

Caltech scientists are developing laser-driven lightsails that could push spacecraft beyond our solar system. Their research ...

Finding patterns and reducing noise in large, complex datasets generated by the gravitational wave-detecting LIGO facility ...

The passing gravitational waves “stretch or contract the universe by around 20 meters [about 65 feet] or so,” says Matthew ...

Sailing has been a mainstay of human history for millennia, so it's no surprise that scientists would apply it to traveling ...

TEGO revolutionizes gravitational wave detection with its tetrahedral spacecraft formation, improving sensitivity and ...

Even human DNA tests can't tell you what hospital a baby was delivered in! Gravitational waves, as detected by facilities ...

Humans are littering space with thousands of satellites, which pose a risk to climate and the environment, space ...

On September 14, 2015, for the first time ever, the Laser-Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) detected a ripple in spacetime. This breakthrough moment—one Albert Einstein once ...

A team of scientists has made the first experimental measurements of laser-induced motions of miniature lightsails in the lab.

Black holes do not have many defining characteristics that can help astronomers trace back their origins. Fortunately, new ...