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 opens a new window on the universe with the observation of gravitational waves from colliding black holes.

LIGO signal reveals first observation of two massive black holes colliding, proves Einstein right.

Study explains why galaxies don’t churn out as many stars as they should.