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Masses of detected LIGO/Virgo compa...
December 3, 2018
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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 15
November 15, 2017

Masses of Black Holes detected by LIGO
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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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BH and NS Mass Chart
October 16, 2017
Chart
Masses of Neutron Stars and Black Holes
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Filename: GW Versus Matter STILL
October 16, 2017

Neutron Star Merger Seen in Gravity and Matter
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GW+EM Observatories Map
October 16, 2017

GW170817: A Global Astronomy Event
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GW170817 FactSheet
October 16, 2017

GW170817's numbers
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Cataclysmic Collision
October 16, 2017

Artist’s illustration of two merging neutron stars.
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SkyMap
October 16, 2017

Virgo Helps Localize Gravitational-Wave Signals
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Known black holes as of Sept. 2017
September 27, 2017

Chart of detected black holes.
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Skymap of gravitational waves Sept ...
September 27, 2017

Sky locations of known gravitational waves.
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Gravitational waves detected by LIGO
September 27, 2017

Gravitational wave forms.
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GW170814 FactSheet
September 27, 2017

Information on GW170814
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Virgo detector (aerial photo)
September 27, 2017

Virgo.
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Gravitational wave signatures detec...
September 27, 2017

3 observatories detect the gravitational wave
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Virgo detector (aerial photo)
September 27, 2017

Virgo
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Installation of Advanced LIGO Upgrades
August 14, 2017
Photograph
Installation of Advanced LIGO upgrades
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Before the Merge: Spiraling Black H...
June 1, 2017
Artwork
Before the Merge: Spiraling Black Holes
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Dancing Duo of Black Holes
June 1, 2017
Artwork
Dancing Duo of Black Holes
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Sky Map of LIGO's Black-Hole Mergers
June 1, 2017
Chart
Sky Map of LIGO's Black-Hole Mergers
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New Population of Binary Black Holes
June 1, 2017
Chart
New Population of Binary Black Holes
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Forecasting LIGO Detections in the ...
June 1, 2017
Observation
Forecasting LIGO Detections in the Three-Detector Era
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Data from the gravitational wave si...
June 1, 2017
Observation
The data LIGO saw that indicated there was a gravitational wave.
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Comparison of gravitational-wave si...
June 1, 2017
Chart
Reconstructions of the three confident and one candidate gravitational wave signals detected by LIGO to date, including the most recent one.
 
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