Seeing black holes and beyond
Through an international effort led by MIT Haystack Observatory, the ALMA array in Chile has joined a global network of radio telescopes.
Through an international effort led by MIT Haystack Observatory, the ALMA array in Chile has joined a global network of radio telescopes.
Senior MIT research scientist to speak for international collaboration for gravitational wave detection research.
Data suggest black holes swallow stellar debris in bursts.
Astronomers observe black hole producing cold, star-making fuel from hot plasma jets and bubbles.
Upgrades make detectors more sensitive to gravitational waves.
Scientists find gas at center of Perseus cluster travels much more slowly than expected.
Signal was produced by two black holes colliding 1.4 billion light years away.
Findings suggest two dining styles for black holes.
New algorithm could stitch together astronomical measurements made across the globe.
Physics professor emeritus shares prize with Caltech's Kip Thorne and Ronald Drever for designing the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory.
Team that detected gravitational waves to share $3 million prize.
MIT’s David Shoemaker testifies before Congress on the significance of LIGO.
LIGO signal reveals first observation of two massive black holes colliding, proves Einstein right.
LIGO opens a new window on the universe with the observation of gravitational waves from colliding black holes.
Study explains why galaxies don’t churn out as many stars as they should.