Professor of physics describes our understanding of the expansion of the universe through “standard sirens.”

LIGO inventor and professor emeritus of physics recognized “for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves.”

Finding represents first joint detection of gravitational waves with both detectors.

Prestigious Spanish award shared with Caltech's Kip Thorne and Barry Barish and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration for work in detecting gravitational waves.

Nearly 3 billion light years from Earth, the black holes are the farthest ever detected.

Senior MIT research scientist to speak for international collaboration for gravitational wave detection research.

Upgrades make detectors more sensitive to gravitational waves.

Signal was produced by two black holes colliding 1.4 billion light years away.

LIGO inventor shares award for direct detection of gravitational waves.

Physics professor emeritus shares prize with Caltech's Kip Thorne and Ronald Drever for designing the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory.