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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…
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…
Goodbye Rai Weiss
We are deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Rainer Weiss, one of the fathers of gravitational wave research, founder of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and…
GWTC-4.0: Updated Gravitational Wave Catalog Released
August 26th 2025 marks an important date for the international LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA (LVK) gravitational-wave network. The collaborations are releasing the interferometric strain data from the…
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…
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…
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