LIGO’s adaptive optics system will push laser power beyond 1 megawatt, enhancing gravitational-wave detection and unlocking ...

A new adaptive optics technology is set to transform gravitational-wave detection, allowing LIGO and future observatories like Cosmic Explorer to reach new heights. By correcting mirror distortions, ...

Galaxies, planets, black holes: to most people, everything about our Universe sounds and feels enormous. But while it's true ...

Atomic clocks are more accurate than those used to define the second, suggesting the definition might need to change ...

Gravity wave clouds form in wave-like patterns in sky, oftentimes resembling ripples in a body of water from a rock being thrown. These types of clouds are created from air in the atmosphere coming ...

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO, is one of the most powerful scientific equipment for detecting gravitational waves. Covering an area of 16 square kilometers, it also ...

A team of physicists led by Jonathan Richardson of the University of California, Riverside, demonstrated how new optical ...

In a paper published earlier this month in Physical Review Letters, a team of physicists led by Jonathan Richardson of the ...

What is happening in Earth's inner core? Discover the implications of its deformation for seismic activity and navigation.

Researchers report that a great time to see these clouds from Gale Crater, where Curiosity is located, is the early Autumn.

Scientists have discovered a new way to probe the interiors of neutron stars by using gravitational waves to turn them into ...