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SAMSI Poised to Help Hone Gravitational Wave Astronomy, Astronomers' New Sense
Feb 25, 2016 (SPX)
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, two large black holes-each with a mass of about 30 suns-reached the end of an aeons-long orbital dance. In the final ...
Pulsar Web Could Detect Low-Frequency Gravitational Waves
Feb 25, 2016 (JPL)
The recent detection of gravitational waves by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) came from two black holes, each about 30 times the...
RIT researchers study implications of gravitational waves
Feb 23, 2016 (SPX)
Rochester Institute of Technology researchers continue exploring gravitational waves in a series of upcoming papers. Their reports follow the first direct detec...
LIGO-India Gets Green Light
Feb 19, 2016 (SPX)
Following this month's announcement of the first observation of gravitational waves arriving at the Earth from a cataclysmic event in the distant universe, the ...
Test cubes floating freely inside LISA Pathfinder
Feb 18, 2016 (ESA)
ESA's LISA Pathfinder has released both of its gold-platinum cubes, and will shortly begin its demanding science mission, placing these test masses in the most ...
Stanford technological advances helped made gravitational wave detection possible
Feb 12, 2016 (SPX)
An international team of scientists excitedly announced that they had directly observed gravitational waves, often described as ripples in the fabric of spaceti...
Australian innovation helps hunt down gravitational waves
Feb 12, 2016 (SPX)
The discovery, announced in Washington, was made by the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) in the USA, which comprises two gian...
Gravitational waves found, black-hole models led the way
Feb 12, 2016 (SPX)
Gravitational waves were predicted by Einstein's theory of general relativity in 1916, and now, almost exactly 100 years later, the faint ripples across space-t...
Gravitational Waves Detected 100 Years After Einstein's Prediction
Feb 12, 2016 (JPL)
LIGO opens new window on the universe with observation of gravitational waves from colliding black holes. For the first time, scientists have observed ripples i...
Detection of gravitational waves would open new window on universe
Feb 10, 2016 (AFP)
The first-ever detection of gravitational waves, which scientists could announce Thursday, would open a new window on the universe and its most violent phenomen...
First locks released from LISA Pathfinder's cubes
Feb 05, 2016 (ESA)
Today, the lock fingers that kept the two test masses on LISA Pathfinder secure during the launch and cruise phase were successfully unlocked. As planned, the t...
LISA Pathfinder Thrusters Operated Successfully
Jan 26, 2016 (JPL)
While some technologies were created to make spacecraft move billions of miles, the Disturbance Reduction System has the opposite goal: To keep a spacecraft as ...
In galaxy clustering, mass may not be the only thing that matters
Jan 26, 2016 (SPX)
An international team of researchers, including Carnegie Mellon University's Rachel Mandelbaum, has shown that the relationship between galaxy clusters and thei...
Galaxy cluster environment not dictated by its mass alone
Jan 26, 2016 (SPX)
An international team of researchers has found for the first time that the connection between a galaxy cluster and surrounding dark matter is not characterized ...
LISA Pathfinder arrives at its worksite
Jan 25, 2016 (ESA)
After a six-week journey, LISA Pathfinder arrived at its destination today, an orbit around a point of balance in space where it will soon start testing technol...
Gravitational wave rumors ripple through science world
Jan 12, 2016 (AFP)
Rumors are rippling through the science world that physicists may have detected gravitational waves, a key element of Einstein's theory which if confirmed would...
Can we use magnetic fields to make and manipulate gravity?
Jan 08, 2016 (UPI)
André Füzfa, a math professor at Namur University in Belgium, wants researchers to take a more aggressive approach toward the study of gravity. In a new paper...
New way to measure gravity at the surface of distant stars
Jan 04, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers have found a new way to measure the pull of gravity at the surface of a star. For distant stars with planets orbiting them, this information is key ...
S3 delays ZeroG launch and IPO campaign
Dec 19, 2015 (SPX)
Technical and contractual delays in the calendar of the young Swiss startup have resulted in the postponement of the ZeroG flight campaign. They were last sched...
Space mission to test gravitational wave detector lifts off
Dec 04, 2015 (SPX)
The LISA Pathfinder mission was successfully this week and is now on its way to demonstrate technology for observing gravitational waves from space. Gravitation...
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