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The First Sounds of Merging Black Holes
A schematic depiction of LIGO’s interferometric gravitational wave detector. Light from a laser is split in two by a beam splitter; one half travels down the vertical arm of the interferometer, the...
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Citizen scientists take on latest gravitational-wave data
Einstein@home project will target neutron stars, some of the most mysterious objects in astrophysics. At the centre of the Crab Nebula (pictured) is a pulsar, a type of neutron star, that may emit...
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The black-hole collision that reshaped physics
A momentous signal from space has confirmed decades of theorizing on black holes — and launched a new era of gravitational-wave astronomy.gravRead more at www.nature.com
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Detecting “Christodoulou memory effect” with LIGO
Detecting gravitational-wave memory with LIGO: implications of GW150914 Gravitational-wave strain time series using parameters consistent with GW150914 Paul D. Lasky, Eric Thrane, Yuri Levin, Jonathan...
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Relativity Gets Thorough Vetting from LIGO
The gravitational wave signal observed by the LIGO detectors shows no deviation from what general relativity predicts. The signal from one of the LIGO detectors in Hanford, Washington, is shown with...
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GW151226: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a 22 Solar-mass Binary...
Figure 1. (Adapted from figure 1 of our publication). The gravitational wave event GW151226 as observed by the twin Advanced LIGO instruments: LIGO Hanford (left) and LIGO Livingston (right). The...
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