LISA will detect gravitational waves, the tiny ripples in space-time caused by orbiting masses. Now two studies led by NASA astrophysicists show in new detail how LISA could reveal a new and unique population of exoplanets — worlds beyond our solar system — throughout our galaxy.
Feature: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/lisa/gravitational-waves-can-reveal-new-worlds/
YouTube video: https://youtu.be/wQKfWMQ5c5E
Additional graphics: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/15117
Papers: “Receiving Exoplanet Messages with Gravitational Wave Carriers: The Gravitational Wave Radial Velocity Method” (https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/aea216) and “Multi-Messenger Exoplanets: Combining IR Excess and Astrometry with GW Detections of Double White Dwarf Exoplanets” (https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/aea07d)