Gravitational wave detectors can now ‘auto-tune’ their signals

The LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA (LVK) detector network has a new trick up its sleeve to improve the instruments’ sensitivity to gravitational waves: it’s called Astrophysical Calibration and it plays a role similar to auto-tune in music production. When a gravitational wave...

Gravitational wave research leads to a new patent for space travel

[April Fools’ Day! this post was an April Fools’ Day joke, the warp drive remains science fiction for now, but gravitational wave science will continue to let us explore the universe through present and future detectors.] A new patent has emerged from research into...

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Goodbye Andrzej Trautman

Goodbye Andrzej Trautman

We are deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Andrzej Trautman, one of the pioneers of gravitational wave theory and a leading figure in mathematical relativity, who died on February 27, 2026...

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Goodbye Antonella

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,...

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