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LISA - observing gravitational waves in space

LISA will be a large-scale space mission designed to detect one of the most elusive phenomena in astronomy - gravitational waves. With LISA we will be able to observe the entire universe directly with gravitational waves, learning about the formation of structure and galaxies, stellar evolution, the early universe, and the structure and nature of spacetime itself.

The LISA Pathfinder Mission successfully paved the way for the LISA mission by demonstrating the key technologies for a large gravitational wave observatory in space. The results show that LISA Pathfinder is working to a precision better than required for LISA. The LISA Pathfinder mission was launched on 3rd December 2015 and ended in July 2017. 

The LISA Consortium

The LISA Consortium is committed to supporting the LISA mission. It includes all the main investigators involved in the highly successful LISA Pathfinder mission, a number of scientists who worked on the ground-based LIGO, Virgo, and GEO projects, and a number who worked on the Laser Ranging Interferometer on the GRACE Follow-On mission, thus making full use of the expertise accumulated so far. The LISA Consortium proposed and submitted the white paper The Gravitational Universe which was accepted for the ESA L3 slot.

If you are a scientist and wish to contribute to the LISA mission, use this scientist registration form.

Latest news and consortium activities

Date Title Summary
Sep 11, 2018
LISA Pathfinder Mission Accomplished Gathering of LISA Pathfinder collaboration, Trento, September 11-13, 2018The LISA...
Mar 26, 2018
Building the Mission: LISA Consortium Reboot We are now ready to reboot the Consortium and ask you to apply.
Feb 05, 2018
LISA Pathfinder – the quietest place in space New LISA Pathfinder results exceed requirements for future gravitational-wave observatory...
Jan 25, 2018
LISA PATHFINDER WINS AMERICAN ASTRONAUTICAL SOCIETY AWARD ESA's LISA Pathfinder mission has been honoured with the 2017 Space Technology Award of...
Jan 22, 2018
LISA mission passes review successfully and begins next stage of development Before an ESA mission reaches the launch pad, it has to go through a number of approval...

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Conferences, publications and positions

Date News topic Image Title
Nov 02, 2023
Positions Associate or Full Professor in Technology Development or Instrumentation at University of Florida
Nov 02, 2023
Positions Postdoc position at IGFAE, Santiago de Compostela
Nov 02, 2023
Positions Joint PhD Position in Neutron Star/Gravitational Wave Physics, Coimbra/Potsdam, Portugal/Germany
Nov 02, 2023
Positions Faculty Positions in astronomy and gw-astronomy at Texas Tech Lubbock
Nov 01, 2023
Positions Postdoctoral Positions at the RIT’s Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation
Oct 26, 2023
Positions Postdoc positions at CPT Marseille
Oct 26, 2023
Positions Postdoctoral positions and PhD position in gravitational wave physics at GRAPPA, the University of Amsterdam
Oct 25, 2023
Positions Assistant Professor in Experimental Gravitational Wave at University of Florida
Oct 25, 2023
Positions Postdoctoral Positions in Theoretical Particle Physics, Theoretical Cosmology/Gravitation at IFAE
Oct 24, 2023
Positions Scheduler for LISA instruments at Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Oct 24, 2023
Positions Risk Manager for LISA Instruments at Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Oct 19, 2023
Positions Postdoctoral Fellowship in Theoretical and Gravitational Wave Astrophysics at NBIA
Oct 19, 2023
Positions Three Postdoctoral Positions in astroparticle physics at INFN and Turin U
Oct 19, 2023
Positions Faculty Positions Physics and Astronomy at UBC Vancouver
Oct 19, 2023
Positions PhD positions in “Gravity & Matter at the Extreme” at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Potsdam

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