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Visualization of GW190814
June 23, 2020
LIGO Lab • Simulation
A still image from a visualization of the GW190814 event based on a simulation by the SXS collaboration.
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Simulation of a black hole merger w...
April 20, 2020
LIGO Lab • Simulation
A still from a simulation of a black hole merger with asymmetric masses and orbital precession, consistent with GW190412.
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Simluation of a black hole merger w...
April 20, 2020
LIGO Lab • Simulation
A still from a simulation of a black hole merger with asymmetric masses and orbital precession, consistent with GW190412.
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GW190425
January 6, 2020
LIGO Lab • Artwork
Artist's rendition of a neutron star merger.
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An illustration of the underground ...
October 4, 2019
LIGO Lab • Artwork
An illustration of the underground KAGRA gravitational-wave detector
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An illustration of the underground ...
October 4, 2019
LIGO Lab • Artwork
An illustration of the underground KAGRA gravitational-wave detector
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S190426c Sky Map
May 2, 2019
LIGO Lab • Simulation
The S190426c candidate sky map
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S190425z Sky Map
May 2, 2019
Simulation
The S190425z candidate sky map
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Installation of in-vacuum equipment...
March 26, 2019
LIGO Lab • Photograph
Installation of in-vacuum equipment as a part of the squeezed-light upgrade before Advanced LIGO's third observing run.
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Detector engineers install hardware...
March 26, 2019
LIGO Lab • Photograph
Detector engineers install hardware upgrades in preparation for Advanced LIGO's third observing run.
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Installation of new baffles in prep...
March 26, 2019
LIGO Lab • Photograph
Installation of new baffles in preparation for Advanced LIGO's third observing run.
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Masses of detected LIGO/Virgo compa...
December 3, 2018
LIGO Lab •
Masses of detected LIGO/Virgo compact binaries
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LIGO/Virgo Binary-Black-Hole Orrery
December 3, 2018
LIGO Lab •
A still image of a visualization of the merging black holes that LIGO and Virgo have observed so far.
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Known black holes as of Nov 2017
November 15, 2017

Masses of Black Holes detected by LIGO
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Cataclysmic Collision
October 16, 2017

Artist’s illustration of two merging neutron stars.
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BH and NS Mass Chart
October 16, 2017
Chart
Masses of Neutron Stars and Black Holes
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GW170817 FactSheet
October 16, 2017

GW170817's numbers
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Gravitational Wave Chirp Spectrogram
October 16, 2017

LIGO's data shows the "chirp" sound produced as the two neutron stars inspiral.
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GW+EM Observatories Map
October 16, 2017

GW170817: A Global Astronomy Event
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Filename: GW Versus Matter STILL
October 16, 2017

Neutron Star Merger Seen in Gravity and Matter
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SkyMap
October 16, 2017

Virgo Helps Localize Gravitational-Wave Signals
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GW170814 FactSheet
September 27, 2017

Information on GW170814
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Gravitational wave signatures detec...
September 27, 2017

3 observatories detect the gravitational wave
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Known black holes as of Sept. 2017
September 27, 2017

Chart of detected black holes.
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Virgo detector (aerial photo)
September 27, 2017

Virgo.
 
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