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First gravitational wave observatory in space. 3 satellites flying in triangle formation connected by 2.5 million km laser beams. An ESA mission with international participation including from NASA. Launch in the 2030s.
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On my way to Boise to do some talks about LISA and gravitational waves. Did an interview this week with Idaho Matters on Idaho Public Radio about what we are going to talk about! Give it a listen! www.boisestatepublicradio.org/show/idaho-m...
A sun-sized space telescope could transform how we see the cosmos
A sun-sized space detector called LISA is set to catch ripples from colliding black holes, giving scientists a brand-new way to explore the universe.
www.boisestatepublicradio.org
February 5, 2026 at 3:22 AM
On my way to Boise to do some talks about LISA and gravitational waves. Did an interview this week with Idaho Matters on Idaho Public Radio about what we are going to talk about! Give it a listen! www.boisestatepublicradio.org/show/idaho-m...
If you are in Birmingham (UK) next week you might be interested in an evening of music & talks in celebration of 10 years of #GravitationalWave detection!
Find out more: thesoundofgravitationalwaves.my.canva.site
Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/gravi...
🗺️ Midlands Arts Centre
🗓️ 11th Feb 2026
Find out more: thesoundofgravitationalwaves.my.canva.site
Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/gravi...
🗺️ Midlands Arts Centre
🗓️ 11th Feb 2026
February 4, 2026 at 4:23 PM
If you are in Birmingham (UK) next week you might be interested in an evening of music & talks in celebration of 10 years of #GravitationalWave detection!
Find out more: thesoundofgravitationalwaves.my.canva.site
Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/gravi...
🗺️ Midlands Arts Centre
🗓️ 11th Feb 2026
Find out more: thesoundofgravitationalwaves.my.canva.site
Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/gravi...
🗺️ Midlands Arts Centre
🗓️ 11th Feb 2026
Engineers & scientists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, completed tests this month on a second early version of a key element of the upcoming LISA mission.
Read all about it 👉 science.nasa.gov/missions/lis...
Multimedia 👉 svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14955
Read all about it 👉 science.nasa.gov/missions/lis...
Multimedia 👉 svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14955
NASA, Partners Advance LISA Prototype Hardware - NASA Science
Engineers and scientists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, completed tests this month on a second early version of a key element
science.nasa.gov
January 28, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Engineers & scientists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, completed tests this month on a second early version of a key element of the upcoming LISA mission.
Read all about it 👉 science.nasa.gov/missions/lis...
Multimedia 👉 svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14955
Read all about it 👉 science.nasa.gov/missions/lis...
Multimedia 👉 svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14955
#LISACommunityTalks
The #LISACommunity recently hosted a talk by Shawn Ray on a paper by Shawn Ray, Keefe Mitman, Emily McPike, Barry McKernan, K.E. Saavik Ford: "Spinning and Kicking New Remnants: Considering Surrogate Models for McFACTS Merger Dynamics", for which a paper will be coming soon!
The #LISACommunity recently hosted a talk by Shawn Ray on a paper by Shawn Ray, Keefe Mitman, Emily McPike, Barry McKernan, K.E. Saavik Ford: "Spinning and Kicking New Remnants: Considering Surrogate Models for McFACTS Merger Dynamics", for which a paper will be coming soon!
January 26, 2026 at 4:23 PM
#LISACommunityTalks
The #LISACommunity recently hosted a talk by Shawn Ray on a paper by Shawn Ray, Keefe Mitman, Emily McPike, Barry McKernan, K.E. Saavik Ford: "Spinning and Kicking New Remnants: Considering Surrogate Models for McFACTS Merger Dynamics", for which a paper will be coming soon!
The #LISACommunity recently hosted a talk by Shawn Ray on a paper by Shawn Ray, Keefe Mitman, Emily McPike, Barry McKernan, K.E. Saavik Ford: "Spinning and Kicking New Remnants: Considering Surrogate Models for McFACTS Merger Dynamics", for which a paper will be coming soon!
Neil Cornish is a Professor at Montana State University, working on Gravitational Wave Astronomy. He is one of the members of the LISA Science Team #HumansOfLST: "I am helping to design and build the Global Fit analysis to extract science from the LISA data."
#HumansOfLISA #HumansOfLST
#HumansOfLISA #HumansOfLST
January 20, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Neil Cornish is a Professor at Montana State University, working on Gravitational Wave Astronomy. He is one of the members of the LISA Science Team #HumansOfLST: "I am helping to design and build the Global Fit analysis to extract science from the LISA data."
#HumansOfLISA #HumansOfLST
#HumansOfLISA #HumansOfLST
#LISACommunityTalks
The #LISACommunity recently hosted a talk by Nathan Steinle on a paper by Anuraag Reddy, Nathan Steinle, Samar Safi-Harb, Jo-Anne Brown: "Multi-messenger window into galactic magnetic fields and black hole mergers with LISA", which can be found here 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2504.18986
The #LISACommunity recently hosted a talk by Nathan Steinle on a paper by Anuraag Reddy, Nathan Steinle, Samar Safi-Harb, Jo-Anne Brown: "Multi-messenger window into galactic magnetic fields and black hole mergers with LISA", which can be found here 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2504.18986
January 15, 2026 at 8:56 PM
#LISACommunityTalks
The #LISACommunity recently hosted a talk by Nathan Steinle on a paper by Anuraag Reddy, Nathan Steinle, Samar Safi-Harb, Jo-Anne Brown: "Multi-messenger window into galactic magnetic fields and black hole mergers with LISA", which can be found here 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2504.18986
The #LISACommunity recently hosted a talk by Nathan Steinle on a paper by Anuraag Reddy, Nathan Steinle, Samar Safi-Harb, Jo-Anne Brown: "Multi-messenger window into galactic magnetic fields and black hole mergers with LISA", which can be found here 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2504.18986
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Happy birthday to #GW250114 our loudest detection to date!
In this video, @drbecky.bsky.social explains how we used the signal to test one of Hawking's fundamental ideas about black holes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fLO...
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In this video, @drbecky.bsky.social explains how we used the signal to test one of Hawking's fundamental ideas about black holes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fLO...
🧪⚛️🔭
FINALLY: evidence for Hawking's AREA THEOREM of black holes
YouTube video by Dr. Becky
www.youtube.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Happy birthday to #GW250114 our loudest detection to date!
In this video, @drbecky.bsky.social explains how we used the signal to test one of Hawking's fundamental ideas about black holes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fLO...
🧪⚛️🔭
In this video, @drbecky.bsky.social explains how we used the signal to test one of Hawking's fundamental ideas about black holes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fLO...
🧪⚛️🔭
Today, 10 years ago, we had the first laser light on LPF! 💛🛰️
Laser interferometry was used on LPF to track the position of the test masses along the sensitive axis, and will be used on LISA too for the same purpose.
#LPF10anniversary #LISAMission
[Image credits: University of Glasgow]
Laser interferometry was used on LPF to track the position of the test masses along the sensitive axis, and will be used on LISA too for the same purpose.
#LPF10anniversary #LISAMission
[Image credits: University of Glasgow]
January 13, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Today, 10 years ago, we had the first laser light on LPF! 💛🛰️
Laser interferometry was used on LPF to track the position of the test masses along the sensitive axis, and will be used on LISA too for the same purpose.
#LPF10anniversary #LISAMission
[Image credits: University of Glasgow]
Laser interferometry was used on LPF to track the position of the test masses along the sensitive axis, and will be used on LISA too for the same purpose.
#LPF10anniversary #LISAMission
[Image credits: University of Glasgow]
#LISACommunityTalks
The #LISACommunity recently hosted a talk by Noah Pearson on a paper by Noah Pearson, Neil J. Cornish: "Handling Data Gaps for the Next Generation of Gravitational-Wave Observatories", which can be found here 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2509.05479
The #LISACommunity recently hosted a talk by Noah Pearson on a paper by Noah Pearson, Neil J. Cornish: "Handling Data Gaps for the Next Generation of Gravitational-Wave Observatories", which can be found here 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2509.05479
December 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
#LISACommunityTalks
The #LISACommunity recently hosted a talk by Noah Pearson on a paper by Noah Pearson, Neil J. Cornish: "Handling Data Gaps for the Next Generation of Gravitational-Wave Observatories", which can be found here 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2509.05479
The #LISACommunity recently hosted a talk by Noah Pearson on a paper by Noah Pearson, Neil J. Cornish: "Handling Data Gaps for the Next Generation of Gravitational-Wave Observatories", which can be found here 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2509.05479
On this day, for #LPF10anniversary: following the successful separation from the launch vehicle, the mission operations team at ESOC undertook one of the most complex Launch and Early Operations Phases (LEOP) ever undertaken or an ESA mission.
Watch it here 📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=maKX...
Watch it here 📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=maKX...
LISA Pathfinder’s journey to L1
YouTube video by European Space Agency, ESA
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
On this day, for #LPF10anniversary: following the successful separation from the launch vehicle, the mission operations team at ESOC undertook one of the most complex Launch and Early Operations Phases (LEOP) ever undertaken or an ESA mission.
Watch it here 📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=maKX...
Watch it here 📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=maKX...
Physicists, engineers and partners from academia, industry and the space agency gathered in Barcelona on Dec 3-4 to celebrate the success of LISA Pathfinder 🛰️
#LPF10anniversary #LISAMission
#LPF10anniversary #LISAMission
December 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Physicists, engineers and partners from academia, industry and the space agency gathered in Barcelona on Dec 3-4 to celebrate the success of LISA Pathfinder 🛰️
#LPF10anniversary #LISAMission
#LPF10anniversary #LISAMission
Joey Shapiro Key is an Associate Professor at the University of Washington Bothell and a proud member of the LISA Science Team.
#HumansOfLST
#HumansOfLST
December 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Joey Shapiro Key is an Associate Professor at the University of Washington Bothell and a proud member of the LISA Science Team.
#HumansOfLST
#HumansOfLST
Going operational! Members of the LISA Pathfinder shared their excitment and nerves for the mission launch! Check out the full story in #LIGOMagazine issue 8 (pdf, page 62): ligo.org/wp-content/u...
#LISAMission #LPF10anniversary
#LISAMission #LPF10anniversary
December 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Going operational! Members of the LISA Pathfinder shared their excitment and nerves for the mission launch! Check out the full story in #LIGOMagazine issue 8 (pdf, page 62): ligo.org/wp-content/u...
#LISAMission #LPF10anniversary
#LISAMission #LPF10anniversary
We had the privilege to interview Dr. César García Marirrodriga, ESA LPF Project Manager at the "From LISA Pathfinder to LISA: Celebrating 10 years of LPF launch" meeting in Barcelona, who shared with us his thoughts on #LPF10anniversary 🛰💛
#LISAMission
#LISAMission
December 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
We had the privilege to interview Dr. César García Marirrodriga, ESA LPF Project Manager at the "From LISA Pathfinder to LISA: Celebrating 10 years of LPF launch" meeting in Barcelona, who shared with us his thoughts on #LPF10anniversary 🛰💛
#LISAMission
#LISAMission
A look back at LPF's launch story - Harry Ward shared the experience of watching lift-off in an article for #LIGOMagazine. Read all about it in issue 8 (pdf, page 66): ligo.org/wp-content/u...
#LISAMission #LPF10anniversary
#LISAMission #LPF10anniversary
December 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
A look back at LPF's launch story - Harry Ward shared the experience of watching lift-off in an article for #LIGOMagazine. Read all about it in issue 8 (pdf, page 66): ligo.org/wp-content/u...
#LISAMission #LPF10anniversary
#LISAMission #LPF10anniversary
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LISA Pathfinder Reunion in Barcelona for the 10th Anniversary of the launch! I LOVE this picture!
From LISA Pathfinder to LISA: Celebrating 10 years of LPF launch 🛰💛
"A fantastic mission. Everybody who worked with LPF felt in love with the mission."
- Stefano Vitale, LPF PI
"A fantastic mission. Everybody who worked with LPF felt in love with the mission."
- Stefano Vitale, LPF PI
December 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
LISA Pathfinder Reunion in Barcelona for the 10th Anniversary of the launch! I LOVE this picture!
From LISA Pathfinder to LISA: Celebrating 10 years of LPF launch 🛰💛
"A fantastic mission. Everybody who worked with LPF felt in love with the mission."
- Stefano Vitale, LPF PI
"A fantastic mission. Everybody who worked with LPF felt in love with the mission."
- Stefano Vitale, LPF PI
December 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
From LISA Pathfinder to LISA: Celebrating 10 years of LPF launch 🛰💛
"A fantastic mission. Everybody who worked with LPF felt in love with the mission."
- Stefano Vitale, LPF PI
"A fantastic mission. Everybody who worked with LPF felt in love with the mission."
- Stefano Vitale, LPF PI
It's been 10 years since our dear LISA Pathfinder (LPF) launched! For the ones who don't know much about it, here's a quick refresher about your favorite mission's precursor 🛰️💛
#LPF10anniversary #LISAMission
#LPF10anniversary #LISAMission
December 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
It's been 10 years since our dear LISA Pathfinder (LPF) launched! For the ones who don't know much about it, here's a quick refresher about your favorite mission's precursor 🛰️💛
#LPF10anniversary #LISAMission
#LPF10anniversary #LISAMission
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Happy 10th launch anniversary, LISA Pathfinder! 🥳
For the first time ever, this mission tested in space the technology needed to detect gravitational waves, which paved the way to LISA 🤜 🤛
Planned to launch in 2035, LISA will be first gravitational wave detector in space 👉 esa.int/lisa
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For the first time ever, this mission tested in space the technology needed to detect gravitational waves, which paved the way to LISA 🤜 🤛
Planned to launch in 2035, LISA will be first gravitational wave detector in space 👉 esa.int/lisa
🔭
December 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Happy 10th launch anniversary, LISA Pathfinder! 🥳
For the first time ever, this mission tested in space the technology needed to detect gravitational waves, which paved the way to LISA 🤜 🤛
Planned to launch in 2035, LISA will be first gravitational wave detector in space 👉 esa.int/lisa
🔭
For the first time ever, this mission tested in space the technology needed to detect gravitational waves, which paved the way to LISA 🤜 🤛
Planned to launch in 2035, LISA will be first gravitational wave detector in space 👉 esa.int/lisa
🔭
Today, we commemorate the tenth anniversary of the launch of the LISA Pathfinder (LPF) mission. This milestone was a moment of deep pride for the entire LISA Community and the thousands of people who contributed to this extraordinary feat of engineering and science.
December 3, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Today, we commemorate the tenth anniversary of the launch of the LISA Pathfinder (LPF) mission. This milestone was a moment of deep pride for the entire LISA Community and the thousands of people who contributed to this extraordinary feat of engineering and science.
Relive the Moment: LISA Pathfinder has launched! 🚀🛰️
At 04:04UTC on the 3rd December, LISA Pathfinder successfully launched on top of a VEGA launcher.
The rockets first three stages burned for ~7minutes, followed by a nine minute burn for the rockets upper stage.
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
At 04:04UTC on the 3rd December, LISA Pathfinder successfully launched on top of a VEGA launcher.
The rockets first three stages burned for ~7minutes, followed by a nine minute burn for the rockets upper stage.
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
LISA Pathfinder launch - Part 1
www.esa.int
December 3, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Relive the Moment: LISA Pathfinder has launched! 🚀🛰️
At 04:04UTC on the 3rd December, LISA Pathfinder successfully launched on top of a VEGA launcher.
The rockets first three stages burned for ~7minutes, followed by a nine minute burn for the rockets upper stage.
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
At 04:04UTC on the 3rd December, LISA Pathfinder successfully launched on top of a VEGA launcher.
The rockets first three stages burned for ~7minutes, followed by a nine minute burn for the rockets upper stage.
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
10 years ago we were just getting ready for the launch of LISA Pathfinder - the geodesic explorer and #LISAmission's precursor🛰️ LPF launched on Dec 3, 2015, at 04:04 UTC/05:04 CET/23:04 ET on Dec 2!
[Credits: Directed by Stephane Corvaja, ESA; Manuel Pedoussaut, Zetapress; Music by Hubrid-Gravity]
[Credits: Directed by Stephane Corvaja, ESA; Manuel Pedoussaut, Zetapress; Music by Hubrid-Gravity]
December 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
10 years ago we were just getting ready for the launch of LISA Pathfinder - the geodesic explorer and #LISAmission's precursor🛰️ LPF launched on Dec 3, 2015, at 04:04 UTC/05:04 CET/23:04 ET on Dec 2!
[Credits: Directed by Stephane Corvaja, ESA; Manuel Pedoussaut, Zetapress; Music by Hubrid-Gravity]
[Credits: Directed by Stephane Corvaja, ESA; Manuel Pedoussaut, Zetapress; Music by Hubrid-Gravity]
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It's an honour to have been elected as the Spokesperson for the LISA Consortium. I look forward to working with this great community over the next two years. www.ucd.ie/newsandopini... @lisacommunity.bsky.social
Dr Niels Warburton elected as head of LISA Consortium to support space mission
www.ucd.ie
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
It's an honour to have been elected as the Spokesperson for the LISA Consortium. I look forward to working with this great community over the next two years. www.ucd.ie/newsandopini... @lisacommunity.bsky.social
All the lectures for the first #LISASchool that was held at Ecole de physique des Houches on Oct 7-17 2025 are now available on Youtube! 📽️
Check them out here 👉 www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Check them out here 👉 www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
November 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
All the lectures for the first #LISASchool that was held at Ecole de physique des Houches on Oct 7-17 2025 are now available on Youtube! 📽️
Check them out here 👉 www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Check them out here 👉 www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...