News - EGO - European Gravitational Observatory

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 observed with gravitational waves, using the US National Science...

Virgo awarded the prize of the Festa di Scienza e di Filosofia

Today in Foligno during the 14th edition of "Festa di Scienza e di Filosofia - Virtute e Canoscenza" the LIGO - Virgo - KAGRA Collaboration received an award in celebration of the tenth anniversary of the first gravitational wave detection. "The prize, instituted by...

Phase I of the upgrades to Advanced Virgo + completed

May 5, 2021

Researchers from IFAE-Barcelona installing the instrumented baffle at VirgoTen months after the beginning of the upgrade to Advanced Virgo+, Phase I of the installation is completed. "Despite...

Al via le selezioni di Famelab Pisa 2021

Apr 29, 2021

Al via la selezione dei due rappresentanti “toscani” dell’edizione 2021 di FameLab, il talent show internazionale della divulgazione scientifica. I due vincitori parteciperanno alla finale nazionale...

Roadmap for the future of gravitational-wave research published in Nature

Apr 15, 2021

.In the latest issue of the scientific journal Nature, a roadmap dedicated to the future of gravitational wave research has been published. This is a field of research that promises to continue to...

IEEE Milestone of science and technology
For Virgo and LIGO

Feb 4, 2021

“The scientific endeavour of the detection of gravitational waves and of Virgo is an extraordinary story – said Stavros Katsanevas, Director of EGO – European Gravitational Observatory – in which...

Milestone IEEE della scienza e della tecnologia
Per Virgo e LIGO

Feb 4, 2021

“L’impresa scientifica della rivelazione delle onde gravitazionali e di Virgo è una storia straordinaria – ha dichiarato Stavros Katsanevas, direttore dell’Osservatorio Gravitazionale Europeo – EGO...

Hunting for continuous emission of gravitational waves from neutron stars

Dec 28, 2020

While Virgo and LIGO have been undergoing upgrades, the data from the early part of the third observing run of the detectors (from April to September, 2019), have been analysed by researchers to look for signs of continuous emission of gravitational waves from rapidly spinning neutron stars. This makes it possible to set new, clear constraints for future searches.