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August 13, 2019
LIGO Lab • Collage
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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

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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.
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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
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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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Building Up Black Hole Mass
September 2, 2020
LIGO Lab • Artwork
This artist's concept illustrates a hierarchical scheme for merging black holes. Scientists think that the two black holes that merged during the GW190521 event may have themselves formed from the earlier mergers of two smaller black hol...
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Still from a numerical relativity s...
September 2, 2020
LIGO Lab • Simulation
Still from a numerical relativity simulation for GW190521
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Heftiest Merger Seen Yet
September 2, 2020
LIGO Lab • Chart
This chart compares the GW190521 event to others witnessed by LIGO and Virgo.
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Building Up Black Hole Mass
September 2, 2020
LIGO Lab • Artwork
This artist's concept illustrates a hierarchical scheme for merging black holes. Scientists think that the two black holes that merged during the GW190521 event may have themselves formed from the earlier mergers of two smaller black hol...
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Visualization of GW190521
September 2, 2020
LIGO Lab • Simulation
Massplot_graveyard_190521
Stellar Graveyard, with GW190521 Hi...
September 2, 2020
LIGO Lab • Chart
A mass chart of objects detected through EM and GW observations, with GW190521 highlighted
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Artist's Rendition of a Mystery Obj...
June 23, 2020
LIGO Lab • Artwork
Artist's illustration of a mystery object in 'Mass Gap' found by LIGO and Virgo during the GW190814 event.
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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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Mass Chart of Objects Detected by L...
June 23, 2020
LIGO Lab • Chart
Mass chart of objects detected by LIGO, with GW190814 highlighted.
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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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