LIGO, Virgo and KAGRA observed “second generation” black holes for the first time

A pair of very special black hole mergers, detected just one month apart in late 2024, is improving how scientists understand the nature and evolution of the most violent deep-space collisions in our universe. Some features of these mergers point toward the...

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...

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Winners of the Virgo Award 2024 announced

Winners of the Virgo Award 2024 announced

Young researchers Mattia Boldrini (researcher at the Roma section of the Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics – INFN) and Enzo Tapia San Martín (researcher at the Dutch National Institute...

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AHEAD2020 Announcement of Opportunity Cycle 8

AHEAD2020 Announcement of Opportunity Cycle 8

 The AHEAD2020 (Integrated Activities for High Energy Astrophysics*) calls for transnational access proposals in the Computational Astrophysics domain The main objectives are: This TNA will provide...

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EGO joins EU project PICO

EGO joins EU project PICO

We are happy to announce that EGO is a partner of the newly launched European Project PICO  (PhysICs fOr all). The project aims to support all citizens to increase their awareness of fundamental,...

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1,000 visitors for EGO and Virgo Open Day!

1,000 visitors for EGO and Virgo Open Day!

All day last Friday, the European Gravitational Observatory (EGO) in Cascina welcomed almost 1,000 visitors for the research centre's first big Open Day since the pandemic started. Workshops, games,...

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