LIGOOct 29

We are pleased to announce our discovery of #GW241011 and #GW241110

Both come from binary black holes where one black hole is much larger than the other. The larger black holes have large spin. Could these black holes have formed in a previous merger?

https://ligo.org/science-summaries/GW241011-GW241110/

#O4IsHere #GW10Years #Astrodon

Show threadLIGOOct 29

Our new paper on our LIGO Virgo KAGRA discovery of #GW241011 and #GW241110 is now published

https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ae0d54

These observations can tell us about the astrophysics of binary formation and test fundamental physics

#O4IsHere #GW10Years #Astrodon

Show threadLIGONov 1

Data for #GW241011 and #GW241110 are available to analyze from the Gravitaitonal Wave Open Science Center

https://doi.org/10.7935/3drz-8m81
https://doi.org/10.7935/46xh-t016

You can find lots of tutorials there too!

https://gwosc.org/tutorials/

#OpenScience #OpenData

Show threadLIGONov 4

Our #GW241011 and #GW241110 discovery paper is now on the arXiv

https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.26931

If you would like to catch up on the highlights, checkout out our Science Summary

https://ligo.org/science-summaries/GW241011-GW241110/

#O4IsHere #Astrodon

Show threadDaniel FischerNov 4
@LIGO Putting it on ArXiv although it's OA in the journal because ... it still drives citations?
Show threadLIGONov 5
@cosmos4u we want as many people to read about our science as possible
Show threadProf Heino FalckeNov 5
@LIGO @cosmos4u People read ArXiv not journals… it is the Meta-Journal 😉
Show threadDr. Victoria GrinbergNov 5
@hfalcke @LIGO @cosmos4u for a lot of folks, skimming through astro-ph with the morning coffee is still a daily ritual. What's not on astro-ph, I will not know about until I hear about it in a conference!
Show threadProf Heino FalckeNov 5
@vicgrinberg @LIGO @cosmos4u press releases are another line of communication actually…
Show threadDr. Victoria GrinbergNov 5
@hfalcke @LIGO @cosmos4u true! But most papers I find super interesting in my subfield do not end up with press releases 😅
Show threadProf Heino FalckeNov 5
@vicgrinberg @LIGO @cosmos4u And I just don’t drink enough coffee to keep up to be honest 😉
Show threadDr. Victoria GrinbergNov 5
@hfalcke @LIGO @cosmos4u tea? A big cup of black tea takes a long time, mine is giant, see evidence - but also, I mainly skim based on keywods.
Show threadProf Heino Falcke
@vicgrinberg @LIGO @cosmos4u I am a tap water fundamentalist - just pure water not from a bottle 😬
Nov 5 at 11:23amIceCubesApp