News tagged with laser interferometer space antenna

Primordial weirdness: Did the early universe have 1 dimension?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Did the early universe have just one spatial dimension? That's the mind-boggling concept at the heart of a theory that University at Buffalo physicist Dejan Stojkovic and colleagues proposed in 2010.

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 20, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (37) | comments 200 | with audio podcast

How to keep LISA's laser on target five million km away

(PhysOrg.com) -- A key technical challenge of the joint ESA–NASA LISA mission has been solved: how to maintain precise pointing of a laser beam across five million km of space.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 08, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The music of gravitational waves

A team of scientists and engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has brought the world one step closer to "hearing" gravitational waves -- ripples in space and time predicted by Albert Einstein in the ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 24, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (21) | comments 62 | with audio podcast

Measuring the universe

A unique antenna which could help unveil a new window on the universe by observing thousands of gravitational waves should be one of NASA's next space missions according to a group of leading US experts.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 25, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

LISA gravitational-wave mission strongly endorsed by National Research Council

The National Research Council (NRC) has strongly recommended the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) as one of NASA's next two major space missions, to start in 2016 in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA). ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 18, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 1