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Synthetic Universe
Three Spacecraft Will Hunt for Ripples in the Fabric of Space-Time
19 minutes Posted Oct 16, 2026 at 9:01 am.
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NASA and the European Space Agency are advancing LISA, a groundbreaking space observatory designed to detect gravitational waves using three spacecraft millions of miles apart. Planned for launch in the mid-2030s, the mission could reveal distant black hole mergers and cosmic events invisible to Earth-based detectors.

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