Scientists have detected the most massive black hole merger spotted so far. The event is at the limits of the capabilities of ...

A U.S. gravitational wave detector spotted a collision between fast-spinning “forbidden” black holes that challenge physics ...

Gravitational-wave detectors have captured their biggest spectacle yet: two gargantuan, rapidly spinning black holes likely ...

The massive black hole has been dubbed GW231123. Its unusual size and behavior is challenging scientists' understanding of ...

An international team of physicists discovered the largest-ever merger of 2 black holes through a phenomenon known as gravitational waves.

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) is no stranger to making history and breaking records. In 2015 ...

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

Two colossal black holes—among the most massive ever seen—collided in deep space, creating gravitational waves that rippled across the cosmos and shook the foundations of astrophysical theory.

To date, the collaboration has detected dozens of merger events since its first Nobel Prize-winning discovery. Early detected ...

A puzzling gravitational wave was detected, and astronomers have determined that it comes from a record-breaking black hole ...

A physics conference has received a report of the gravitational wave from the heaviest pair of black holes we’ve so far ...

New gravitational wave findings from the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration report the discovery of the largest black hole merger ...