Gravitational-wave catalog reveals long-predicted ‘missing’ range in black hole masses Analysis of dozens of LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA mergers finds evidence for the pair-instability mass gap, linking black hole sizes to stellar deaths.

Gravitational-wave catalog reveals long-predicted ‘missing’ range in black hole masses

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Black hole mergers put limits on star-destroying supernovae https://arstechni.ca #gravitationalwaves #blackholemergers #astrophysics #blackholes #astronomy #supernova #Science #LIGO

Visualization of cosmic evolution and the epochs of stochastic gravitational wave formation (ill./©: Azadeh Maleknejad / Swansea University)

Gravitational waves as possible candidates for the origin of dark matter: New calculations presented by the #ClusterOfExcellencePRISMA ++ explore the early universe 👉 prisma.uni-mainz.de/en/2026/04/01…

#ParticlePhysics #DarkMatter #universe #physics #GravitationalWaves #ClusterOfExcellencePRISMA+

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Pulsars rewrite the rules: an amazing cosmic shift Pulsars rewrite the rules as new data shows radio signals originate from the current sheet at magnetic edges rather than just surfaces. This disco...

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218 cosmic mergers of black holes and neutron stars revealed through rising gravitational wave 'chirps,' confirming Einstein’s theory and opening a new era of understanding the universe's most powerful collisions. #NASA #Astronomy #BlackHoles #GravitationalWaves

Article title shows "ETPathfinder: Next Gen Proving Ground. To coldly go ..." The background image shows a scientists in clean room clothes (gloves, facemask and overalls) working with a silver coloured metal instrument. The scientist is Pengbo (PhD student in Antwerp) and they are adjusting one of the vertical Linear Variable Differential Transformers (LVDTs) for motion readout of the beam splitter bench. Photo by Stefan Hild.

We also take a look back at 30 years of technical innovation at GEO600, hear the latest from the ETpathfinder team, learn what #GravitationalWaves have to do with growing bones, and more.

Scientists Propose a Radical New Way To Detect Gravitational Waves Using Atomic Light A new theoretical study suggests that gravitational waves may leave subtle signatures not in giant detectors, but in the light emitted by atoms.

Scientists Propose a Radical New Way To Detect Gravitational Waves Using Atomic Light #Science #Physics #QuantumPhysics #GravitationalWaves #InnovationInScience

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Black holes are the densest objects in the universe. ⚫️🌌🔭 When #blackholes collide, as they sometimes do, they unleash ripples in #spacetime known as #gravitationalwaves. This month, a team said they detected 128 new signatures over a 9-month period. Why so many?
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The universe is humming with amazing ripples The universe is humming with more gravitational waves than ever recorded. Scientists just revealed the GWTC-4 catalog while preparing 170 additional det...

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Oh, so apparently there's now a fourth way of trying to measure the blighter❗ #GravitationalWaves #space @space.com

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New Method Uses Gravitational Waves to Improve Measurements of the Universe's Expansion Astronomers have long known that the universe is expanding, but the exact rate of expansion, measured by the Hubble constant, remains a mystery. Multiple methods used to calculate this constant have produced conflicting results, leading to the so-called 'Hubble tension.' Researchers from the University of Illinois and the University of Chicago have developed a new technique that uses gravitational waves—ripples in spacetime caused by black hole collisions—to measure the expansion rate. This approach refines earlier gravitational wave-based methods and promises more accurate measurements as detectors improve. Their findings show that gravitational waves could provide an independent way to measure the Hubble constant, potentially resolving the tension in current estimates. This research could offer insights into the universe's age and composition, and the team hopes to apply it to future data. The method relies on a new concept called the 'stochastic siren,' which uses the background gravitational wave hum from numerous black hole mergers, not detectable individually, to estimate cosmic expansion. This technique may help narrow the range of the Hubble constant and resolve the discrepancies in current cosmological models.

New Method Uses Gravitational Waves to Improve Measurements of the Universe's Expansion

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Harness the power of JAX to decode the universe's most violent events through gravitational-wave astronomy, featuring flow-based variational inference for population analysis.

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#GravitationalWaves #JAX #AstrophysicsML

Gravitational Wave "Hum" from Merging Black Holes Gives New Measure of Universe's Expansion Rate Every black hole collision in the universe sends ripples through spacetime. Most of those ripples are too faint, originating too far away, for any

Gravitational Wave “Hum” from Merging Black Holes Gives New Measure of Universe’s Expansion Rate #Science #Space #Cosmology #GravitationalWaves #BlackHoles #UniverseExpansion

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🚨Event alert for the New York community! Astrophysicist Vicky Kalogera, director of @NUCIERA will give the Simons Foundation Presidential Lecture on March 4 from 6-7PM EST
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Quantify LISA's power to detect gravitational waves from stellar-mass objects spiraling into superma

Quantify LISA's power to detect gravitational waves from stellar-mass objects spiraling into supermassive black holes - the ultimate cosmic dance that tests Einstein's theory

https://github.com/lorenzsp/EMRI-FoM

#GravitationalWaves #BlackHoles #LISA

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By decision of the Polish Academy of Sciences, we’re now the International Institute for Particle Astrophysics PAS - the first in Poland & Central/Eastern Europe! Backed by €30M EU+national funding, we’ll probe #darkmatter, #neutrinos & #gravitationalwaves.
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Calculate gravitational wave lensing rates with Python - simulate cosmic magnifying glasses bending

Calculate gravitational wave lensing rates with Python - simulate cosmic magnifying glasses bending spacetime ripples from merging black holes across the universe

https://github.com/hemantaph/ler

#GravitationalWaves #Astrophysics #Lensing

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High-performance C++ framework that models the explosive afterglows of gamma-ray bursts and kilonova

High-performance C++ framework that models the explosive afterglows of gamma-ray bursts and kilonovae in milliseconds, enabling astronomers to decode gravitational wave events with MCMC precision.

🔗 https://github.com/YihanWangAstro/VegasAfterglow

#GRBAfterglow #Astrophysics #GravitationalWaves

What an exciting day for #GravitationalWaves!

Congratulations on an amazing decade of discovery!
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#GW10Years

Gravitational Waves

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the announcement of the direct detection of gravitational waves by @ligo.org. In honor of that milestone, we've put together a collection of our coverage of gravitational-wave research through the years. #LIGO #gravitationalwaves #physics #astronomy

Today, 11 February, #GW stands for two things: #GravitationalWaves 〰️ and #Girls&Women ❤️.
We mark 10 years since the first GW detection announcement (11 Feb 2016) and the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
Both began in 2015 (GW150914). ✨

The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Evidence for a Gravitational-wave Background We report multiple lines of evidence for a stochastic signal that is correlated among 67 pulsars from the 15 yr pulsar timing data set collected by the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves. The correlations follow the Hellings-Downs pattern expected for a

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To map merging black holes: NANOGrav’s New Protocol To map merging black holes, an international team led by Yale scientists used NANOGrav data to develop a protocol that identifies supermassive ...

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Not all black holes observed in 10 years of #GravitationalWaves were predicted by theoretical models. This is the case for two signals observed by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration in 2019 and 2023. Let's find out more!

✨In 10 years of #GravitationalWaves, the LIGO, Virgo and KAGRA interferometers have observed some enigmatic, unexpected signals.

One of the most interesting of these was observed in August 2019 and involves a black hole and a mysterious object. Let's find out more!

Gravitational wave signal tests Einstein's theory of general relativity For those who watch gravitational waves roll in from the universe, GW250114 is a big one. It's the clearest gravitational wave signal from a binary black hole merger to date, and it gives researchers an opportunity to test Albert Einstein's theory of gravity, known as general relativity.

🌌Cosmic ripples from a black hole collision! GW250114 is the clearest signal *ever*—a chance to test Einstein’s gravity.🤯✨ #gravitationalwaves

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🌟 Why ET goes underground: to escape surface noise (incl. Newtonian noise) and detect incredibly faint #gravitationalwaves. New article: facility concept, safety, and what it’s like to work below ground.
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✨Did you know that #GravitationalWaves have also allowed us to observe mergers between #BlackHoles and #NeutronStars?

110 ans que l'Humanité attendait ça mais ce triptyque spatial va bientôt prendre son envol pour trouver des traces des ondes gravitationnelles prédites par Albert Einstein L’Europe veut écouter l’Univers avec précision. L'entreprise Thales Alenia Space (détenue à 67% par le français Thales) vient de signer un contrat de 16,5 millions d’euros avec OHB System AG pour four...

Trois sondes vont traquer les ondes gravitationnelles d’Einstein. Un pari spatial audacieux qui pourrait bouleverser notre vision du cosmos.
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#Space #Science #Astrophysics #GravitationalWaves #LISA