The LIGO and Virgo collaboration has observed more cosmic collisions after their equipment upgrades in April 2019

The LIGO and Virgo collaboration has observed more cosmic collisions after their equipment upgrades in April 2019
After upgrading the mirrors, lasers and other important components, the hunt for ripples in space and time is back on
Gemma Lavender gets to the bottom of this question for us
Before now, the ripples in space-time had only been detected from black-hole mergers
This is the first three-detector observations made of these waves in the fabric of space-time
The spacecraft has been switched off as planned on the evening of 18 July, ending its successful mission which surpassed all expectations
Brightening further in the pre-dawn sky, will ISON live up to the “Comet of the Century” title? Here’s our guide on what should happen – and how best to see it – if it survives its close encounter with the Sun.