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10 years ago, gravitational waves were detected for the first time 09/15/2025 06:16pm • Hard to believe it has been 10 years since the first detection of gravitational waves. Back then, on Sept. 14, 2015, at 5:51 a.m., it had been 100 years since Albert Einstein predicted gravitational waves in his "Theory of General Relativity" paper. It amazes me how he did so with just paper, Scientists discuss gravitational waves discovery 06/29/2023 12:50pm • In 2015, almost 100 years to the day when Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves, they were finally discovered. Now, in 2023, the astronomy community reports a major discovery: Scientists have evidence that low-frequency gravitational waves — changes in the fabric of the u Gravitational waves ripple DC audience 06/13/2018 05:48pm • Tuesday was a big day in D.C. with the Capitals’ celebration parade. But it wasn’t the only hot ticket in town, as science fans got to see a really big show themselves by attending “Probing the Universe with Gravitational Waves”, given by Dr. Rainer Weiss, 2017 Nobel Prize Laureate-Physics. Kilonova: Top space story of 2017 12/29/2017 02:15pm • WASHINGTON — Picking the "Top Space Story" is my favorite annual task as a reporter, as it forces me to look back upon the astronomical and space exploration accomplishments for the year. No. 1: Kilonova: A meeting of two stars This year really had some competition but one story rose above all t ‘A wondrous discovery’: Kilonova may explain how gold, platinum, uranium were created 10/16/2017 05:22pm • WASHINGTON — Do you remember what you were doing at 8:41 a.m. EDT Aug. 17, 2017? At that moment, two Gravitational Wave Observatories in the U.S. called LIGO were detecting a ripple in space time caused by gravitational waves. LIGO had already discovered several black hole mergers, but this si Sunday NASA rocket launch from Va. may be visible in area 06/11/2017 05:06am • WASHINGTON — Look! Up in the sky. It's a rocket. On Sunday night, NASA Wallops Island is scheduled to launch a rocket that will be visible in the D.C. area. According to NASA, “The window for a NASA Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket launch to test a new ampoule ejection system design 2016 in space: The waves have it 12/31/2016 04:04pm • WASHINGTON — Happy New Year’s Eve everyone. Last year at this time I was in the Indian Ocean enjoying the stars way down under and couldn’t get out a "Top Space Pick for 2015." The July flyby of Pluto would have been my pick. For 2016’s pick, we leave the solar system and enter the rea Scientists find evidence of first tremors of the Big Bang 03/18/2014 01:55am • WASHINGTON -- It is not often that one experiences a St. Patrick's Day snowstorm of 8 inches; my favorite college basketball team (the University of Virginia Cavaliers) winning the ACC Championship and earning a No. 1 seed in March Madness; and a monumental announcement about the creation of the