to develop and deliver an “ultra-stable” laser system for the planned Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission. Selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) for funding back in 2017 following ...

TNO has been granted funding from the Netherlands Space Office to finish development of it’s high-precision laser targeting mechanism for the European Space Antenna LISA. LISA (Laser Interferometer ...

According to Einstein’s theory of general relativity, gravitational waves warp spacetime. In the process, they could imprint ...

The ESA funds £10 million for new facilities at the UK Astronomy Technology Centre (ATC), the research institute in Edinburgh ...

Scottish research laboratories are set to benefit from £10m in funding for a European mission to deploy spacecraft which will measure ripples in the fabric of spacetime.

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (Lisa) project will use lasers, routed through optical benches made at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh site, to measure gravitational waves. These waves are tiny ...

A new Scottish laboratory is to play a key role in a flagship space agency mission that will provide insights on the formation of the early universe ...