The LIGO Livingston observatory is located on LSU property, and LSU faculty, students and research staff are major contributors to the collaboration, which develops detector technology and analyzes ...

Ten years ago, astronomers made an epic discovery with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. Cosmology hasn’t been the same since, and it might not stay that way much longer. By ...

After a whirlwind tour of press conferences, parties and awards following their Feb. 11 announcement of the world’s first direct detection of gravitational waves, the team of scientists at the Laser ...

After a prolonged absence from the gravitational-wave-detection scene, the massive LIGO project is back up and running. The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) works in ...

It has been three years since the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) shut down, starting a long hiatus from searching the universe for gravitational waves. Now, though, the ...

A new theoretical framework shows how subtle fluctuations in spacetime could be detected using existing interferometers.

PASADENA, Calif.– The search for gravitational waves has revealed new information about the core of one of the most famous objects in the sky: the Crab Pulsar in the Crab Nebula. An analysis by the ...

Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) has the following research output in the current window (1 November 2024 - 31 October 2025) of the Nature Index. Click on Count to view a ...