In October 2024 the network detected a clear signal that pointed back to a merger that occurred 700 million light-years away.

Researchers detect the clearest black hole signal to date, enabling tests of Hawking's area theorem and advancing ...

Gravitational wave detectors on Earth have heard the "cry" of two newborn black holes with some unusual and remarkable ...

Scientists have used a gravitational wave detector to "hear" two black holes getting bigger as they merged into a single, gigantic entity. The detection, made by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational ...

New results from an international team including UBC astrophysicists highlight the first black hole observed to be spinning ...

Learn what a black hole is, how it forms, and how astronomers detect it. Understand the science behind black holes and their ...

Pairs of black holes have been detected in the past through their gravitational effects, but until now, scientists have never ...

Twin black hole collisions detected in 2024 have provided the sharpest-ever test of Einstein’s theory while revealing new details about how black holes form and spin.

For the first time, scientists have detected two black hole mergers with spins so unusual they may reveal a new generation of ...

LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA detects two black hole mergers with rare spin patterns, offering evidence for hierarchical formation and ...

This artwork imagines the ultimate front-row seat for GW250114, a powerful collision between two black holes observed in gravitational waves by the US National Science Foundation LIGO. It depicts the ...

An eon ago, when only microbes dwelled on Earth, a pair of black holes some 1.3 billion light-years beyond the solar system spiraled toward each other until they crashed. The two became one big black ...