🚀 10 years of gravitational-wave astronomy 🔭
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the first gravitational-wave detection, we will be taking part in the Long Night of Astronomy on September 13, 2025, at the Zeiss Großplanetarium in Berlin.
➡️ https://www.planetarium.berlin/veranstaltungen/lange-nacht-der-astronomie-2025
From 5:00 p.m., scientists from the “Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity” Department at @mpi_grav in Potsdam will be available at a booth to answer questions about gravitational-wave astronomy and relativity.
At 11:00 p.m., the event “Sounds of Silence: Ten Years of Gravitational-Wave Astronomy”, featuring English-language lectures and a performance by artist Leon Trimble, will begin in the planetarium's cinema.
AI tool is built to boost the hunt for gravitational waves
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO, has already won its researchers a Nobel Prize — and now artificial intelligence is poised to take LIGO’s search for cosmic collisions to the next level.
Google DeepMind and the
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/09/04/ai-tool-is-built-to-boost-the-hunt-for-gravitational-waves/
#GeekWire #ArtificialIntelligence #DeepMind #Google #GravitationalWaves #LIGO #Science #Space
And now for today's third gravitational-wave candidate!
If real, S250904cv most likely originated from a merger of two black holes around 8 billion light-years away.
ℹ️ https://gracedb.ligo.org/superevents/S250904cv/view/
The position in the sky could be constrained to within about 1200 square degrees.
#GravitationalWaves #O4c #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Science #BlackHoles
Since early this morning, there have been two new gravitational-wave candidates.
S250904ae, if real, most likely originated from a merger of two black holes at a distance of around 11 billion light-years.
ℹ️ https://gracedb.ligo.org/superevents/S250904ae/view/
The sky position could be constrained to an area of around 1000 square degrees.
S250904br, if real, most likely originated from a merger of two black holes at a distance of around 9 billion light-years.
ℹ️ https://gracedb.ligo.org/superevents/S250904br/view/
Its sky position could be constrained to within approximately 370 square degrees.
#GravitationalWaves #O4c #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Science #BlackHoles
Another new gravitational wave candidate from yesterday evening.
S250901cb most likely came – if it's real – from a merger of black holes 6.6 billion light-years away.
ℹ️ https://gracedb.ligo.org/superevents/S250901cb/view/
The position in the sky could be determined to within about 600 square degrees.
#GravitationalWaves #O4c #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Science #BlackHoles
"10 years ago, LIGO saw its first gravitational wave. After 218 detections, our view of black holes has changed forever."
https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/ligo-doubles-black-hole-haul/ by @startswithabang
🚀 10 years of gravitational-wave astronomy 🔭
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the first gravitational-wave detection, we will be taking part in the Long Night of Astronomy on September 13, 2025, at the Zeiss Großplanetarium in Berlin.
➡️ https://www.planetarium.berlin/veranstaltungen/lange-nacht-der-astronomie-2025
From 5:00 p.m., scientists from the “Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity” Department at @mpi_grav in Potsdam will be available at a booth to answer questions about gravitational-wave astronomy and relativity.
At 11:00 p.m., the event “Sounds of Silence: Ten Years of Gravitational-Wave Astronomy”, featuring English-language lectures and a performance by artist Leon Trimble, will begin in the planetarium's cinema.