Pair of distinct black hole mergers sheds new light on nature of their formation and evolution
The mergers, measured one month apart in 2024 by LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration, advance scientific understanding of the… Read more
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GW250114 – Black hole collision confirms theories of Einstein and Hawking Louder cousin of the first detection
The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA international network of Gravitational Wave observatories announced the discovery of an exceptional astronomical event. The… Read more
Gravitational Wave Transient Catalogue – 4 Data Release Updated gravitational catalogue released
The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration is releasing version 4.0 of the Gravitational Wave Transient Catalog (GWTC-4.0), which contains 128 new… Read more
GW231123 – THE MOST MASSIVE BLACK HOLE BINARY DETECTED THROUGH GRAVITATIONAL WAVES A collision between two massive and highly spinning black holes
On November 23, 2023, at 13:54:30 UTC, the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) collaboration detected GW231123, a gravitational-wave signal… Read more
GW230529 – Collision of a neutron star with a compact object in the mass-gap LIGO-India could hold the key to solving this cosmic mystery
The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA international network of Gravitational Wave observatories announced the discovery of an exceptional astronomical event. The… Read more
Testing Einstein’s Theory of Gravity with Gravitational Waves Researchers from the LIGO-India Scientific Collaboration (LISC) contribute to important achievements in Gravitational Wave Science putting Einstein’s Theory to test, by analysing data from a recently compiled catalog
In 1915, Albert Einstein proposed the General Theory of Relativity (GR), in which gravity is described… Read more
Newly detected merging Black Holes establish Gravitational Waves as a powerful tool to explore the unseen Universe Indian researchers contribute to breakthroughs in various frontiers of Cosmology and Astrophysics using a newly compiled Gravitational Wave Transient Catalog
The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) Collaboration recently released the largest catalog ever of Gravitational-wave (GW) detections and a… Read more
All-sky, all-frequency directional search for persistent gravitational waves from Advanced LIGO’s and Advanced Virgo’s first three observing runs - O1, O2 & O3
These maps show the upper limits of expected gravitational waves strains at different frequencies. The upper… Read more
LIGO spots the first hybrid stellar collision LIGO’s sensational discovery of a new source of gravitational waves: collisions between Neutron Stars and Black Holes
Finally in January 2020, a pair of events, named GW200105 ad GW200115 were detected by gravitational… Read more
A Symphony of Giant Monsters Searching for Intermediate-Mass Black Hole Binaries in Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo's Third Observing Run
The search for intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) has been a focus of astronomers’ attention for many… Read more
When gravity bends gravity: Did gravitational-wave astronomers catch “Gravitational Lenses” at work?
In the first half of their third set of observations, the so-called “O3a observing run”, the… Read more
GW190521 – First clear evidence of Intermediate Mass Black Holes (IMBH) The heaviest and most distant binary black hole merger detected so far
On May 21, 2019, at 8:32am IST, the Advanced LIGO detectors (at Hanford, Washington and Livingston,… Read more
GW190814 – Discovery of the lightest black hole or the heaviest neutron star? LIGO-India will provide major help in solving such mysteries
The network of two advanced-LIGO detectors (at Hanford, Washington and Livingston, Louisiana, USA) and the advanced-Virgo… Read more
First detection of unequal mass binary merger Mass asymmetry generated detectable signal from higher multipoles
On April 12, 2019, just after 11:00 AM (IST), the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration… Read more
Five binary merger candidates within one month of LIGO-Virgo’s O3 run Long Nights for Astronomers!
In the first month of the third observing run (O3) of the LIGO-Virgo detectors, five binary… Read more