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...

the merger of a compact binary with total mass of about 3.4 Msun

O3 will now run with no further interruptions until the 30th of April, 2020

which includes the joint observation of gravitational waves and the sharing of data over the coming years, while it also foresees the expansion of the collaboration through the welcoming of new partners in the future.

Advanced Virgo and the two Advanced LIGO detectors: the most sensitive global gravitational-wave observatories to date.

The first month has already rewarded scientists with a rich pool of observations