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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 us, the signal had travelled some...

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 Theorem. On September 14, 2015, a signal arrived on Earth, carrying information about a pair of remote black holes...

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Virgo data to study climate change and the sea

Sep 11, 2020

An agreement among the University of Pisa, the European Gravitational Observatory (EGO) and the scientific collaboration for the sharing of data on wave motion in the Tyrrhenian Sea.

GW190521

Sep 2, 2020

The most massive black hole ever detected with gravitational waves!

GW190814

Jun 23, 2020

The merger of a 23-solar-mass black-hole and an enigmatic lighter object

GW190412

May 18, 2020

The merger of two black holes with unequal masses

Virgo new spokesperson

Apr 18, 2020

Giovanni Losurdo is the new Spokesperson of the Virgo Collaboration

LIGO-Virgo O3 suspended

Mar 23, 2020

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration (the LVC) have agreed to suspend their third observation period, named O3, which has been running since the 1st of April, 2019. The...