Joseph Giaime, head of the observatory, joined Louisiana Considered to talk to us about the event’s significance, and how ...

To study this merger, scientists had to use advanced models that account for how fast-spinning black holes behave—a ...

A strophysicists have discovered the largest known merger of two black holes to form a larger single hole about 225 times the mass of the sun. The violent collision between the spinning objects, one ...

At 225 solar masses, this gargantuan merger of two black holes challenges our thinking on these famously elusive objects.

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

Scientists say the two black holes merged after colliding at speeds near the limit allowed by Albert Einstein’s theory of ...

The future of at least one of the U.S. LIGO observatories is in jeopardy as deep cuts to science programs are proposed by the Trump administration.

The Trump administration has called for shutting down either a Tri-Cities, WA, or Louisiana observatory that work in tandem.

The merger wasn’t just the biggest ever, but also an event so rare that it challenges existing models for black hole genesis.

The massive bill is guided by spending requests from the White House. It will extend the 2017 Trump tax cuts, while cutting ...