Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Trump administration wants to close one of the nation’s two cutting-edge observatories — one of them in the Tri-Cities — that ...

The observatory in Livingston Parish that made a historic scientific breakthrough by detecting gravitational waves is now at risk of shutting down under the Trump administration's proposed federal ...

LIVINGSTON PARISH, La. (WAFB) - A decade ago, researchers at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) detected ripples in the fabric of the universe, confirming the existence of ...

LIGO Hanford detected record-setting black hole merger, challenging current knowledge. Merged black holes spun near general relativity’s limit, baffling scientists. Funding cuts threaten U.S.

The Trump administration wants to close one of the nation’s two cutting-edge observatories — one of them in the Tri-Cities — that made scientific history and launched a new way to study the universe.

Trump budget proposal seeks to close one of two U.S. LIGO observatories by 2026. LIGO facilities detected first gravitational waves and advanced multi-messenger astronomy. Proposed closure risks ...