Before an ESA mission reaches the launch pad, it has to go through a number of approval procedures that ensure the mission’s readiness. The future space-based gravitational wave observatory, the Laser ...

New research explores how gravitational waves from black hole systems could help scientists study dark matter, using improved models and future detectors like LISA ...

6-axis nanopositioning system assembly provides the ultra high precision required to mount and align optical components to be launched into space, new from PI. Image Credit: PI (Physik Instrumente) LP ...

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"So far we have been watching the cosmos like a silent movie, capturing the ripples of spacetime with LISA will be a real game-changer, like when sound was added to motion pictures." When you purchase ...

LISA is a gravity wave observatory that would open an entirely new window in the universe. Using ripples in the fabric of space-time caused by the motion of the densest objects in the universe, LISA ...

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) Pathfinder space mission reached another important milestone: Its heart, the optical bench, is now further integrated into the core assembly of the ...

Twisting bars: the antenna could detect intermediate-sized binary black holes. (Courtesy: NASA) Physicists in Japan have developed a new kind of compact gravitational-wave detector that works by ...

Scientists and engineers working on the world’s largest ground-based astronomical project, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), have achieved another milestone — the successful ...

Gravitational waves: is atom interferometry the way forward? An artist's impression of gravitational waves from two orbiting black holes. (Courtesy: T Carnahan, NASA GSFC) Scientists in California ...

Scientists and engineers working on the world's largest ground-based astronomical project have achieved another milestone — the successful linking of two ALMA astronomical antennas, synchronized with ...