The latest edition of #LIGOMagazine features a poem by Vaibhav Tiwari (BIGWaves) with artwork by Dr Laurence Datrier.

Check it out at (p. 9 pdf): ligo.org/magazine/LIGO-…

@ligo EGO & the Virgo Collaboration KAGRA Gravitational Wave Observatory

'It was a really magical experience, seeing the corona around the sun, with people applauding and cheering, and people shooting off fireworks after the totality. It was a time for mass connection.'

Find out more about Derek at #HumansOfLIGO :

humansofligo.blogspot.com/2024/04/derek-…

With O4b starting Wed, #LIGO VirgoKAGRA had a nice Fri night:
➡️ 1st #GravitationalWaves candidate of #O4b !
➡️ 1st Triple Detection with both #LIGO detectors PLUS #Virgo since O3!
➡️ Possible #BBH with EXCELLENT #SkyLocalization !
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AND this happened at #sunset here in the #PNW !

Lots of time yesterday with all three detectors online. Great work LIGO Livingston LIGO Hanford and EGO & the Virgo Collaboration

Detector status pages: gwosc.org/detector_statu…

#O4IsHere

Ok Astro Plot of the Week, I gotta nominate this simple yet cool plot from the LIGO-EGO & the Virgo Collaboration-KAGRA Gravitational Wave Observatory collaboration

Behold, #GW230529 🤩
It’s an event in the mass gap!

Paper here: arxiv.org/abs/2404.04248
+ you can recreate it using our scripts doi.org/10.5281/zenodo… 😎

Look at that sky localization! The first #GravitationalWave candidate of O4b #S240413p

If real, the source is probably a binary black hole

False alarm rate 1 in 100 yr
GraceDB gracedb.ligo.org/superevents/S2…
GCN gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/36075
Rating 3⃣🍨🖤

#O4IsHere

The second half of #O4 is here! 🤩

Why don’t we celebrate the start of O4b with some sweet treats! 🍦

Introducing: Creamy Binary Creations ✨

Also available in take home tubs!*

#O4 IsHere #ObservingRun4 LIGO EGO & the Virgo Collaboration KAGRA Gravitational Wave Observatory

Our friends at LIGO detected their first gravitational waves from a binary black hole collision in 2015, in line with Einstein’s general theory of relativity. Soon, our shoebox-sized BurstCube satellite will join the hunt for gamma rays from these events. nasa.gov/universe/nsfs-…

Tomorrow the second half of the LVK Collaboration’s fourth observing run (O4) begins! Virgo will join LIGO and together they will once again listen to gravitational wave signals from the universe. (1/2)

To find out more about #GW230529 check out the science summary for an easy-to-read digest of all you need to know about our latest confirmed #GravitationalWaves detection: ligo.org/science/Public… You can also read the full scientific article here: dcc.ligo.org/public/0190/P2…

We're excited to announce our detection of #GW230529 , the first exceptional #GravitationalWaves event from our fourth observing run #O4 . Check out Shanika Galaudage’s cool infographic ligo.org/detections/GW2… or visit our #GW230529 detection page ligo.org/detections/GW2…

Numerical simulation representing #GW230529 : #BlackHole gobbling up a #NeutronStar !
credit: I. Markin(Potsdam University), T. Dietrich(Potsdam University & Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics), H. Pfeiffer, A. Buonanno (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)

For those of you attending the #apsapril meeting, you can come hear all the details of GW230529 alongside other updates on astrophysical results from LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA's 4th observing run #O4 in Session M09. APS Meetings meetings.aps.org/Meeting/APR24/…

Did you know that #GravitationalWave observations can be used to study cosmology? Maria Lisa Brozzetti tells us all about chasing the origins of the Universe.

Read at (pdf p8): ligo.org/magazine/LIGO-…

With artwork by storm.

#ObservingRun4 LIGO-EGO & the Virgo Collaboration-KAGRA Gravitational Wave Observatory

Happy Pi day! The current date and time (14 March, 1.59pm) resemble 3.14159, the approximation of the mathematical constant Pi, or π. Pi is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. The ratio stays the same no matter how big or small the circle is.

#π #PiDay