LISA Pathfinder
These Floating Golden Cubes Proved We Can Detect Cosmic Ripples in Space
The mission paves the way for its big sister, LISA, that will listen for the collisions of galaxies and the explosions of massive stars.
Tests Show We Could Build a Humongous Gravitational Wave Detector in Space
The LISA Pathfinder mission boasts results more than five times better than its requirements.
Europe Is Testing Its Gravitational Wave Detector Tech in Space
The LISA Pathfinder mission is testing technology for a different type of gravitational wave detector—1.5 million kilometres from Earth.
What Is a Gravitational Wave Detector, and Why Do We Want to Send One to Space?
ESA is getting ready to launch LISA Pathfinder, a mission that will test the technology for a million-kilometer-large gravitational wave detector.
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