Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) was launched on May 22, 2018. It carries the Laser Ranging Interferometer (LRI) as a technology demonstrator that measures the ...

Predicted by Einstein and dismissed as undetectable, gravitational waves were finally heard in 2016. Now, with observatories ...

NASA was to supply some critical technologies for the mission, which Europe may not be able to readily replace.

A laser interferometer employing a reference arm with a spherical mirror is discussed. This interferometer is extremely promising in many fields of scientific endeavor, for instance, in plasma physics ...

Astronomers confirm ‘lite intermediate’ black holes, too large for ordinary stars, revealing clues about early stellar ...

Did The universe really begin with a bang, a bounce? The theory that the universe is both possibly having endured a sudden ...

Gypsum deposits formed on Mars could conceal evidence of past life on the planet — microbes similar to the first life that formed on Earth four billion years ago. But to test this hypothesis, we need ...

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) will comprise a trio of spacecraft flying in a vast triangular formation 2.5 million kilometers apart, f iring laser beams at each other.

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna. (ESA via SWNS) By Dean Murray Scientists are building giant space lasers to unlock the secrets of ripples in spacetime. The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna ...

The U.S. Space Force Space Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) in Albuquerque, N.M., is hoping to get a budget commitment in fiscal 2026 for 12 Satellite ...