GW170608: another binary black hole merger Scientists searching for gravitational waves have confirmed yet another detection from their fruitful observing run earlier this year. Dubbed GW170608, the latest discovery was produced by the merger of two relatively light black holes, 7 and 12 times the mass of the sun, at a distance of about a […]
European Gravitational Observatory (EGO) Via Amaldi – Santo Stefano a Macerata 56021 Cascina (PI), Italia COMUNICATO STAMPA EGO ospita EURid, il registro .eu e .ею, durante il workshop CodeWeek per il secondo anno consecutivo Con l’obiettivo di insegnare i concetti fondamentali di codificazione e programmazione ai giovani, EURid sta organizzando dei workshop in […]
Today, Tuesday August 1st 2017, the VIRGO detector located at the European Gravitational Observatory (EGO) in Cascina (near Pisa, Italy) has officially joined the “Observation Run 2” (O2) and is now taking data alongside the American-based twin LIGO detectors. The O2 data taking period will last until August 25th.
A third detection of gravitational waves, ripples in space and time, has been made. As was the case with the first two detections, the waves were generated when two black holes merged to form a larger black hole.
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo collaboration identify a second gravitational wave event in the data from Advanced LIGO detectors
GRAVITATIONAL WAVES DETECTED 100 YEARS AFTER EINSTEIN’S PREDICTION LIGO Opens New Window on the Universe with Observation of Gravitational Waves from Colliding Black Holes Press and Media kit available here For the first time, scientists have observed ripples in the fabric of spacetime called gravitational waves, arriving at the earth from a cataclysmic event in […]
Venerdì 25 e sabato 26 settembre l’Osservatorio Gravitazionale Europeo (EGO) aprirà le porte al grande pubblico nell’ambito degli eventi legati alla Notte Europea dei Ricercatori 2015. Nel corso delle due giornate sarà possibile visitare l’esperimento Virgo per la ricerca delle onde gravitazionali e partecipare a spettacoli, conferenze, osservazioni astronomiche, e attività per i più piccoli.
EGO_0002_ENG The First Observing Run of Advanced Detectors Gravitational Waves Gravitational waves are a consequence of the theory of General Relativity, published by Albert Einstein in 1916. They are ripples in the fabric of the space-time that propagate at the speed of light, and are produced when huge masses are accelerated or deformed. This happens […]
European Gravitational Observatory (EGO) Via Amaldi – Santo Stefano a Macerata 56021 Cascina (PI), Italia Sezione di Pisa Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Largo B. Pontecorvo, 3 56127 Pisa, Italia EGO_0001_ITA COMUNICATO STAMPA L’Accademia dei Disuniti di Pisa assegna la Benemerenza al Merito al Dott. Adalberto Giazotto, fisico ideatore dell’esperimento Virgo per la ricerca delle […]
