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GW250114 Overtones
September 10, 2025
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GW250114 signal displays overtones
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Ringing Black Holes infographic
September 10, 2025
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LIGO Noise Reduction between 2015 a...
September 10, 2025
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Dramatic decrease in background noise in LIGO between 2015 and 2025
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Get to Know GW230529
April 5, 2024
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GW230529 fact sheet
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Filling the Mass Gap: GW230529
April 5, 2024
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Compact binary merger GW230529 resides in the Mass Gap
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August 13, 2019
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LIGO Vacuum System Controls
October 19, 2016
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Illustration of the first gravitati...
February 11, 2016
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Illustration of the first gravitational wave event observed by LIGO
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Animation_GW250114-1080p
September 10, 2025
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Visualization of a binary black hole merger consistent with the gravitational-wave event called GW250114
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GW250114 vs. GW150914 audio
September 10, 2025
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Comparing the chirp signal from GW250114 with the first gravitational-wave signal ever detected, GW150914, in 2015
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GW250114 merger simulation
September 10, 2025
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Numerical relativity simulation of the recently observed GW250114 event, a binary black hole merger detected by LIGO on January 14, 2025.
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