ESA (European Space Agency) has given the green light to the LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) space mission, which will open a new window on the Universe: the objective is to build a space observatory for the detection of gravitational waves coming from multiple cosmic sources. An important contribution will come from ASI, the Italian Space Agency. Central to the ESA Cosmic Vision scientific program is the role of the University of Milano-Bicocca and the team led by Professor Monica Colpi of the Department of Physics “Giuseppe Occhialini”, who held positions of leads in several research groups, in ESA and in the LISA Consortium, an international consortium of scientists who defined the scientific objectives of LISA and designed the mission.
ESA’s Science Programme Committee approved the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission, the first scientific endeavour to detect and study gravitational waves from space
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