Gravity Blog How does LIGO detect gravitational waves? Using quantum mechanics to measure distances on the attometre scale Read article: How does LIGO detect gravitational waves?
Gravity News Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish and Kip Thorne win 2017 Nobel Prize for Physics Trio win for their work on gravitational waves Read article: Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish and Kip Thorne win 2017 Nobel Prize for Physics
Gravity Research update Black-hole growth accelerated by supersonic gas Did early supermassive objects get a boost from the early universe? Read article: Black-hole growth accelerated by supersonic gas
Gravity News Virgo bags its first gravitational waves Third detector helps pinpoint astronomical sources as fourth black-hole merger is detected Read article: Virgo bags its first gravitational waves
Gravity Research update Binary supermassive black hole system spotted in Seyfert galaxy Observation backs up model of Z-shaped radio sources Read article: Binary supermassive black hole system spotted in Seyfert galaxy
Gravity Research update Medium-sized black hole seen lurking in the Milky Way Object 100,000 times more massive than the Sun could have arrived in a dwarf galaxy Read article: Medium-sized black hole seen lurking in the Milky Way
Gravity Research update Artificial neural networks make short work of gravitational lenses New technique could help map matter in the universe Read article: Artificial neural networks make short work of gravitational lenses
Gravity Research update Gravitational waves could soon reveal how black holes pair up Spin of merging objects holds the key Read article: Gravitational waves could soon reveal how black holes pair up
Gravity Research update Rare gravitational lens caused by mysterious source The "milli-lens" holds the promise of probing the universe at new scales Read article: Rare gravitational lens caused by mysterious source
Gravity Research update VIRGO joins gravitational-wave hunt Detector could help locate sources of gravitational waves Read article: VIRGO joins gravitational-wave hunt