LIGO, Virgo and KAGRA observed “second generation” black holes for the first time
LIGO, Virgo and KAGRA observed “second generation” black holes for the first time A pair of very special black hole mergers, detected just one month apart in late 2024, is improving how scientists understand the nature and evolution of the most violent deep-space...
Ten years of gravitational waves
Ten years of gravitational waves On September 14th 2015, ten years ago, a signal arrived on Earth that was generated by a pair of black holes. After spiralling around each other at impressive speeds, they had merged, releasing an enormous amount of energy. To reach...
Ten years after the discovery, gravitational waves verify Stephen Hawking’s Black Hole Area Theorem
Ten years after the discovery, gravitational waves verify Stephen Hawking’s Black Hole Area Theorem LIGO, Virgo and KAGRA celebrate the anniversary of the first gravitational waves detection and announce verification of Stephen Hawking’s Black Hole Area...
Goodbye Rai Weiss
Goodbye Rai Weiss We are deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Rainer Weiss, one of the fathers of gravitational wave research, founder of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and Nobel Prize laureate in physics for the detection of...
GWTC-4.0: Updated Gravitational Wave Catalog Released
GWTC-4.0: Updated Gravitational Wave Catalog Released August 26th 2025 marks an important date for the international LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA (LVK) gravitational-wave network. The collaborations are releasing the interferometric strain data from the first part of the...
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LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA detect most massive black hole merger to date
LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA detect most massive black hole merger to date Gravitational waves from massive black holes challenge current astrophysical models The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) Collaboration has announced the detection of the merger of the most massive black holes ever...
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