LIGO, Virgo and KAGRA complete the richest observation run to date

Today the international LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration announces the completion of the fourth observation campaign (called O4) of the international network of gravitational wave detectors. Launched in May 2023, the campaign ends today after a period of coordinated...

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...

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LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA update their plans for O4

LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA update their plans for O4

LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA continue to work to prepare the detectors for the start of O4. Our ability to start O4 in March 2023 is currently under review. Unanticipated delays in some construction...

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ESCAPE partners recommit for Open Science

ESCAPE partners recommit for Open Science

During the “ESCAPE to the Future” conference that took place last week in Brussels many of Europe's biggest facilities in physics-related disciplines have signed a new Open Collaboration Agreement. ...

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