Researchers at ANU played a pivotal role in this discovery by providing key instrumentation, including steering mirrors and stabilisation systems, to the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO).

A new facility at The Australian National University (ANU) will help scientists detect some of the most extreme events in the universe and put Australia “front and centre” of the exciting field of gravitational wave science.

Ninety gravitational wave mergers detected

The 2020 Prime Minister Prize for Science goes to Australia's contribution to the first detection of gravitational waves

The fastest-growing black hole in the universe is 34 billion times the mass of our sun and feasts on a meal the equivalent of our sun each day.

Astronomers at ANU have created the most comprehensive map of the southern sky that can be viewed online by anyone around the world.