LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration
Hubble Has Looked at the 2017 Kilonova Explosion Almost a Dozen Times, Watching it Slowly Fade Away
In 2017, LIGO (Laser-Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory) and Virgo detected gravitational waves coming from the merger of two neutron stars.…
3 years ago
It Looks Like LIGO/Virgo Have Detected a Black Hole Eating a Neutron Star. For the First Time Ever
A new signal detected by LIGO/Virgo may be the so-called 'holy grail' of astrophysics: the merger of a neutron star…
4 years ago
New Gravitational Waves Detected From Four More Black Hole Mergers. Total Detections up to 11 Now
The LIGO and Virgo collaborations recently announced the detection of four more gravitational wave events, bringing the total to eleven.
4 years ago