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 ...
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 ...
Using the ROentgen SATellite (ROSAT), astronomers have discovered a new cataclysmic variable system of the polar subtype. The ...
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 team of astronomers has identified a new polar cataclysmic variable, a rare type of binary star system featuring a highly ...
The astronomers added that ZTF J0112+5827 may become a source of gravitational waves (GWs) in the future, detectable by the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission planned to be launched ...
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 ...
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.