Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatories

Dual BHs

Spotted in New Gravitational Wave Discovery: A Stranger in the Stellar Graveyard

Abhirup Ghosh 23/06/2020

One of the two objects involved in the new...

This image shows a numerical simulation of a binary black hole merger with masses and spins consistent with the third and most recent LIGO observation. Caption and credit: University of Maryland

India’s Star Rises Higher With LIGO’s Third Gravitational Wave Detection

Vasudevan Mukunth 01/06/2017

Indian physicists verified a century-old prediction and then used...

A computer simulation shows two neutron stars, the extremely dense cores of now-dead stars, smashing into each other to form a blackhole. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre/Flickr, CC BY 2.0 (quantum)

Has LIGO Actually Proved Einstein Wrong – and Found Signs of Quantum Gravity?

Vasudevan Mukunth 15/12/2016

Three physicists have predicted that finding 'echoes' of gravitational...

Statues at the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics. Credit: IUCAA

Interview: LIGO’s Role in Founding a New Ethic Among Indian Scientists

Scharada Dubey 11/09/2016

Tarun Souradeep on the LIGO India collaboration, and whether...