In a groundbreaking development,the European Space Agency (ESA) has officially begun construction of its Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission. The mission, which aims to study ...

Predicted by Einstein and dismissed as undetectable, gravitational waves were finally heard in 2016. Now, with observatories ...

LISA, a $1.6 billion gravitational wave observatory set to launch next decade, will revolutionize the way we see gravitational waves—the infinitesimal perturbations of spacetime first predicted ...

An artist's impression of the laser triangle of LISA, superimposed on gravitational waves emanating from a black hole binary. Illustration: ESA In about 11 years, one of humankind’s most ...

LISA, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, will be a revolutionary instrument that will allow humanity to observe ...

The science of studying gravitational waves just got a big boost thanks to the European Space Agency. Its science program committee just approved the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna ...

With LISA, ESA plans to catch gravitational waves from space, using a triangle of spacecraft millions of kilometers ...

In mid-September of 2015, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) detected the first gravitational waves ever using two ground facilities—one in Hanford, Washington, and ...

Researchers aim to explore hidden aspects of the universe that could fundamentally transform our understanding of the cosmos ...

The LISA mission, led by the European Space Agency, aims to send a fleet of three space probes into orbit to study gravitational waves, or distortions in space-time caused by violent events such ...

An Irish researcher will join a massive hunt for the enigmatic “ripples in space-time” first predicted by Albert Einstein in ...