In my last post, I mentioned that I recently visited Ole Miss to give a colloquium on outreach for their physics department.  Later that n...

LISA... (The video below is large [~44 MB] and dated, but gives good background on the motivation and specifics of a space-based gravitat...

Today's question is one that has been asked of me repeatedly while giving tours of LIGO and talks on the science we do: How do we know ...

SCIENCE AS A PROCESS Most people see science as purporting itself to be infallible and they can twist this perception for many reasons (e....

Last week's post came to you from the LIGO-Virgo Meeting in Boston, MA.  This week, it is coming to you from Atlanta, GA.  I just arriv...

So, I am at the LIGO-Virgo Meeting in Boston right now.  As you may (or may not) know, our two collaborations are very close knit.  We sche...

Today's question comes to you from the site statistics search terms used to find this blog: What does LIGO look like? FROM THE OUTSIDE...