The new LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Catalog sets new records in precision gravitational astronomy

The LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Collaboration published today a new catalog of gravitational wave events. A total of 161 events, detected between April 2024 and the end of January 2025, have been added to the collection, bringing the total number of gravitational wave signals...

Gravitational wave detectors can now ‘auto-tune’ their signals

The LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA (LVK) detector network has a new trick up its sleeve to improve the instruments’ sensitivity to gravitational waves: it’s called Astrophysical Calibration and it plays a role similar to auto-tune in music production. When a gravitational wave...

Cosmic Explorer: a seminar by David Shoemakerat EGO

On Wednesday, May 13th at 11:00 AM, in the EGO Auditorium, David Shoemaker — scientist at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and former spokesperson of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration — will present a seminar titled “Cosmic Explorer: The Other...
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