News - EGO - European Gravitational Observatory

Einstein is still right, relativity passes the gravitational wave test (for now)

The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration published a new, more accurate, test of Einstein’s theory of general relativity using their clearest gravitational wave signal yet: GW250114. In all tests, the observations match the theory’s predictions. Since its publication, over...

Goodbye Antonella

EGO and the entire Virgo Collaboration mourn the loss of Antonella Bozzi, a key figure for Virgo since its construction. She joined EGO in 2001 and, since 2009, had been head of the IT Department, which manages the computing, storage and network systems at EGO and...

President of Tuscany’s Regional Council, Antonio Mazzeo, visits Virgo

Mar 5, 2022

The President of the Regional Council Antonio Mazzeo paid a visit yesterday, Friday 4 March, to the European Gravitational Observatory (EGO) in Cascina, in the province of Pisa, to the beating heart...

Infrastructures councillor of Tuscany Stefano Baccelli visits Virgo

Mar 2, 2022

This morning the European Gravitational Observatory in Cascina (EGO) hosted a visit by the Regional Councillor for Infrastructure and Transport of Tuscany, Stefano Baccelli, with a significant...

Hunting for gravitational waves with a new citizen science app

Feb 2, 2022

Ego Virgo and UniPi launch a platform open to all to analyse data from the Universe The European Gravitational Observatory of Cascina (PI) and the University of Pisa are launching GWitchHunters,...

Low-latency alerts & Data analysis for Multi-messenger Astrophysics workshop

Jan 10, 2022

A workshop on "Low-latency alerts & Data analysis for Multi-messenger Astrophysics" will be organized online on January 13th and 14th. The aim of this workshop is to provide an overview of the...

Four gravitational wave projects among the Prin 2021

Dec 21, 2021

Four “scientific projects of major national interest”, the so-called "Prin", funded by the Italian Ministry of Universities and Research for 2021, concern the study and astronomical research linked...

The United Nations promulge The International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development, EGO in the steering committee

Dec 3, 2021

The UN General Assembly proclaimed yesterday 2022 the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development, following a resolution adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO in November...