Our recent low-significance candidate #S251112cm has caught some interest. A false alarm or a big discovery—we will keep investigating. Catch up in these two articles

www.science.org/content/arti... by Adrian Cho

www.iflscience.com/candidate-gr... by @drcarpineti.bsky.social

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Curious gravitational wave may be hint at primordial black holes—or just noise Astronomers approach unusual observation with caution and excitement

A couple of really nice stories about the intriguing subsolar mass candidate #S251112cm

www.science.org/content/arti... by Adrian Cho

www.iflscience.com/candidate-gr... by @drcarpineti.bsky.social

A groundbreaking discovery, or just a false alarm? Time (and more analysis) may tell

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GCN - Circulars - 42690 - LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA S251112cm: Updated Sky localization and false alarm rate estimate

Latest false alarm rate for #S251112cm with an updated background model of about 1 in 4 yr, so slightly less significant

GCN gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/42...
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Initial sky localization. 90% area 1,200 sq deg.

Initial three-dimensional volume localization. Distance around 96 Mpc.

Oo! Interesting #GravitationalWave candidate #S251112cm potentially from a *subsolar* mass source

If real, the source is probably has chirp mass ~0.1–0.87 solar masses

False alarm rate 1 in 6.2 yr
GraceDB gracedb.ligo.org/superevents/...
GCN gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/42...
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