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Bhmerger_ligo_3600
Illustration of the first gravitati...
February 11, 2016
Artwork
Illustration of the first gravitational wave event observed by LIGO
Skymaps_hires
August 13, 2019
LIGO Lab • Collage
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Get to Know GW230529
April 5, 2024
LIGO Lab • Artwork
GW230529 fact sheet
Fillingthegapwithgw230529
Filling the Mass Gap: GW230529
April 5, 2024
LIGO Lab • Artwork
Compact binary merger GW230529 resides in the Mass Gap
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A Cosmic Symphony Revealed
September 10, 2025
Artwork
A Cosmic Symphony Revealed
Lvk_black_hole_plot
Ten Years of LVK Discoveries
September 10, 2025
Chart
Ten Years of LVK Discoveries
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Ringing Black Holes infographic
September 10, 2025
Artwork
Overtone_signal
GW250114 Overtones
September 10, 2025
Artwork
GW250114 signal displays overtones
Ligo_signal_plot_2015_to_2025_noise_reduction
LIGO Noise Reduction between 2015 a...
September 10, 2025
Chart
Dramatic decrease in background noise in LIGO between 2015 and 2025
Hires_ringing_bh_maggie_chiang
Ringing Black Holes
September 10, 2025
Artwork
Ringing black holes
Masses_in_the_stellar_graveyard_gwtc4
Masses in the Stellar Graveyard
August 26, 2025
Chart
Masses in the Stellar Graveyard
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GWTC-4 signal poster
August 26, 2025
Collage
GWTC-4 signal poster
Gwtc_neighborhood_annotated
The Cosmic Neighborhood of Gravitat...
August 26, 2025
Chart
The Cosmic Neighborhood of Gravitational Waves
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Quantum Squeezer
October 23, 2023

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Squeezer Detail
October 23, 2023

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Squeezer Detail
October 23, 2023

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Filter Cavity Vacuum Tube
October 23, 2023

Gwtc-3_stellar-graveyard_diamond
Masses in the Stellar Graveyard: GW...
November 7, 2021
LIGO Lab • Chart
Graphic of masses of announced gravitational-wave detections and black holes and neutron stars previously constrained through electromagnetic observations.
Gw-mergers-poster.v5
Gravitational Wave Merger Detection...
November 7, 2021
LIGO Lab • Chart
GW merger detections from O1/O2/O3a/O3b.
Bhns_gw200115
Image from a simulation consistent ...
June 29, 2021
LIGO Lab • Simulation
Image from a simulation consistent with GW200115 GW signal
General_nsbh_merger
A simulation of a NSBH merger
June 29, 2021
LIGO Lab • Simulation
A simulation of a NSBH merger
Gw200105_gravitational_waves
A simulation of an NSBH binary merg...
June 29, 2021
LIGO Lab • Simulation
A simulation of an NSBH binary merger consistent with GW200105
Bhns_tidal_disruption
Image of BHNS simulation with tidal...
June 29, 2021
LIGO Lab • Simulation
Image of BHNS simulation with tidal disruption
Masses_of_dead_stars_ligo_virgo_gw200105_gw200115
Masses in the Stellar Graveyard: GW...
June 29, 2021
LIGO Lab • Chart
Masses in the stellar graveyard: GWTC-2 + NSBHs (GW200105/GW200115)
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Artistic image inspired by a BHNS m...
June 29, 2021
LIGO Lab • Artwork
 
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