Detecting Gravitational Waves

First detection of gravitational waves: GW150914 - Cardiff University

The two Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) detectors picked up the first ever direct signature of gravitational waves.

LIGO: Detecting Gravitational Waves | AMNH

Scientists have constructed a sprawling facility dedicated to the detection of minute changes in space-time caused by gravitational waves traveling from ...

Gravitational waves detected, scientists announce

Gravitational waves detected, scientists announce. Gravitational waves have been detected on earth for the first time, researchers at the Laser ...

Sensor Could Help Satellite Trio Detect Gravitational Waves

Hong Ma and other researchers at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan China have published work on a capacitance ...

Low-Frequency Gravitational Waves | NANOGrav

Gravitational wave detectors operate by searching for changes in light travel time due to spacetime being stretched and squeezed by gravitational waves. Just ...

Researchers enable detection of remarkable gravitational-wave signal

Researchers from the University of Portsmouth's Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation (ICG) have helped to detect a remarkable ...

Detecting Gravitational Waves at Home and Abroad

Gravitational waves detectors are more similar to the antenna on your car than the telescope in your backyard (or at your local university).

Ultra-High-Frequency Gravitational Waves

Currently operating and planned gravitational wave detectors mostly focus on the frequency range below 10 kHz, where signatures from the known astrophysical ...

Gravitational wave detector LIGO is back online after three years of ...

Gravitational wave detector LIGO is back online after three years of upgrades. The world's most sensitive yardstick is back to revealing the ...

Scientists turn exotic stars into a galaxy-sized detector of ...

A collaboration of scientists in the U.S. and Canada, called the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves, or NANOGrav, has ...

Deciphering Gravitational Waves - Department of Energy

Although Albert Einstein predicted the idea of gravitational waves all the way back in 1916, physicists didn't directly detect them until ...

Researchers advance detection of gravitational waves to study ...

Alerts can now be sent less than 30 seconds after detectionMINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (04/25/2024) — Researchers at the University of Minnesota ...

Detection of gravitational waves - IOPscience - Institute of Physics

This review begins by introducing the concept of gravitational waves, and discusses their significance.

Third gravitational wave detection gives hints on dark matter and ...

Third gravitational wave detection gives hints on dark matter and black holes ... Ripples in the fabric of spacetime triggered by the cataclysmic ...

The Detection of Gravitational Waves Was a Scientific Breakthrough ...

According to general relativity, the orbiting stars generate a steady march of gravitational waves that drain energy, causing the stars to fall closer together ...

Current gravitational-wave astronomy - Albert Einstein Institute

The LIGO detectors will begin O4 approximately 30% more sensitive than before. This increased sensitivity will result in a higher rate of ...

Gravitational Waves Detected from Second Pair of Colliding Black ...

The first detection of gravitational waves, announced on February 11, 2016, was a milestone in physics and astronomy; it confirmed a major prediction of Albert ...

Understanding gravitational waves: Ripples in spacetime explained

On September 14, 2015, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO)detected gravitational waves for the first time. The source ...

Scientists use artificial intelligence to detect gravitational waves

Scientists use artificial intelligence to detect gravitational waves. By Jared Sagoff | July 6, 2021. Scientists can now process months' worth of gravitational ...

Gravitational waves are revolutionising how we view the Universe

Einstein was correct that they are small, but with the imagination and perseverance of hundreds of scientists, they are detectable. The first detection of ...