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The LIGO Magazine is published twice a year by the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (@ligo.org). Read free online for gravitational-wave news, stories behind the science and more! www.ligo.org/magazine

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LIGO Magazine@ligomagazine.bsky.social · 8mo ago

What an exciting time! Back in issue 8, we caught up with all the hopes and nerves as the #LISAPathfinder team prepared for launch! ligo.org/wp-content/u... (pdf, page 62) #LISAMission #LPF10anniversary

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LISA Community@lisacommunity.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Going operational! Members of the LISA Pathfinder shared their excitment and nerves for the mission launch! Check out the full story in #LIGOMagazine issue 8 (pdf, page 62): ligo.org/wp-content/u... #LISAMission #LPF10anniversary

LIGO Magazine@ligomagazine.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Lovely to look back at old editions - issue 8 not only celebrated the launch of #LISAPathfinder 🚀, it was also our special first detection edition! #GW150914 🎉 www.ligo.org/magazine #LISAMission #LPF10anniversary @lisacommunity.bsky.social

LISA Community@lisacommunity.bsky.social · 8mo ago

A look back at LPF's launch story - Harry Ward shared the experience of watching lift-off in an article for #LIGOMagazine. Read all about it in issue 8 (pdf, page 66): ligo.org/wp-content/u... #LISAMission #LPF10anniversary

ESA Space Science@science.esa.int · 8mo ago

Happy 10th launch anniversary, LISA Pathfinder! 🥳 For the first time ever, this mission tested in space the technology needed to detect gravitational waves, which paved the way to LISA 🤜 🤛 Planned to launch in 2035, LISA will be first gravitational wave detector in space 👉 esa.int/lisa 🔭

Artist’s impression of LISA Pathfinder in space. The Earth is visible in the background, partly lit.
LIGO Magazine@ligomagazine.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Exciting to get a first look at the #LISA spacecraft! In the latest #LIGOMagazine, Oliver Jennrich & Nora Lützgendorf told us all about the selection of the industrial prime contractor. Read all about it on page 34 (pdf): ligo.org/wp-content/u... @lisacommunity.bsky.social #GW10Years

A screenshot of LIGO Magazine article "LISA construction starts: Industrial prime contractor selected!" which is part of the "Meanwhile in Space..." series. The image shows the title of the article as well as two images. One image shows the handshake between Carole Mundell (from ESA) and Chiara Pedersoli (from OHB). They are smiling and standing in front of a banner which reads "LISA mission signature event". The other image shows the two authors of the article, Oliver Jennrich & Nora Lützgendorf. They are sat together at a table smiling.
LISA Community@lisacommunity.bsky.social · 11mo ago

We think this is a great occasion to show you the first images of the new LISA Spacecraft. The ESA led mission is now in the co-engineering phase. The instrument of LISA, provided by national space agencies across Europe and beyond, will be integrated by the primary contractor OHB SE. #GW10Years

Laurence Datrier@asleepywanderer.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Happy birthday GW150914! When you were detected I was still an undergrad looking to get into GWs for her PhD (it's important to my internal story of myself that I wanted to do this *before* the detection) It's hard to believe how far we've come since then. 🐡🧪🔭 #GW10Years

A digital drawing with text that says "happy birthday GW150914", a spacetime cake with a 10 and two black holes on it, and the GW150914 waveforms around it all
EGO and the Virgo Collaboration@egovirgo.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Exactly 10 years ago, the signal of a gravitational wave from the merger of two black holes arrived on Earth. It was not a special signal, but one like many that had always reached our planet. On that day, however, for the first time humankind was ready to listen to it. (1/7)

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LIGO Magazine@ligomagazine.bsky.social · 11mo ago

New results out today from LIGO (@ligo.org) - Virgo (@egovirgo.bsky.social) - KAGRA ! The latest catalogue features more than double the number of probable signals compared to the previous one! #GWTC4 paper: arxiv.org/abs/2508.18082

LIGO Scientific Collaboration@ligo.org · 11mo ago

Results from the first part of our fourth LIGO @egovirgo.bsky.social KAGRA observing run are out today! We're pleased to share the largest catalog of gravitational-wave observations with more discoveries of black holes and neutron stars 📰 arxiv.org/abs/2508.18082 🔭🧪⚛️☄️ #GWTC4

New masses in the stellar graveyard plot, showing astronomical observations of black holes and neutron stars. The number of gravitational-wave observations of black holes is overwhelming. The plot is arranged to look nice, the horizontal axis has no meaning, but the vertical one shows masses. We have a significant range of masses from about 1 solar mass to over 200 solar masses for our largest merger remnant. New out today is a neutron star black hole binary GW230518_125908, as well as a lot of binary black holes.
LIGO Magazine@ligomagazine.bsky.social · last yr.

Today at Carole Mundell's (@cmundell.bsky.social ) a few familiar objects can be spotted! This mosaic shows a #GravitationalWave signal in time and frequency @uofgravity.bsky.social Check out the story behind the first mosaic here: (page 17) ligo.org/wp-content/u...

A mosaic of a gravitational wave signal
LISA Community@lisacommunity.bsky.social · last yr.

Carole Mundell (@cmundell.bsky.social @esa.int ) is presenting a journey "From Earth to the Fabric of Spacetime" this evening at Glasgow SEC! #GR24Amaldi16

Carole Mundell presenting - she is standing on a stage with slides behind her.