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Ten Years Later, LIGO is a Black-Hole Hunting Machine

News Release • September 10, 2025

LIGO and its partners celebrate anniversary, announce verification of Stephen Hawking's Black Hole Area Theorem
GWTC-4.0: Updated Gravitational-Wave Catalog Released

News Release • August 26, 2025

LVK reveals latest catalog of gravitational-wave discoveries
LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Detect Most Massive Black Hole Merger to Date

News Release • July 15, 2025

Gravitational waves from massive black holes challenge current astrophysical models
India Approves Construction of Its Own LIGO

Feature Story • April 17, 2023

LIGO-India will greatly improve the localization of sources of gravitational waves
What are gravitational waves? Why are we looking for them? LIGO's Impact Public Alerts

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Pair of Distinct Black Hole Mergers Sheds New Light on Nature of Their Formation and Evolution

News Release • October 28, 2025

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Artificial Intelligence Helps Boost LIGO

News Release • September 8, 2025

LIGO Laboratory mourns the passing of Prof. Rainer Weiss of MIT, one of the founders of LIGO

News Release • August 27, 2025

LIGO's Calum Torrie Visits his Childhood Primary School in Scotland

News Release • July 1, 2025

LIGO to Resume Observations after Maintenance/Upgrades Break

News Release • June 4, 2025

LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Announce the 200th Gravitational Wave Detection of O4!

News Release • March 20, 2025

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