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Detection method

Space Interferometry

Laser interferometry carried out between spacecraft millions of kilometres apart, free of the ground noise that limits Earth-based detectors. It opens the low-frequency gravitational-wave band — the mergers of massive black holes and the whir of compact binaries — that the ground detectors cannot reach. LISA is the leading example.

Across multi-messenger astronomy

Knowledge connections

Sources

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

  • NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

    Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

    Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.