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The new LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA catalog sets records in precision gravitational-wave astronomy – Researchers at the @mpi_grav contribute to discoveries in the largest gravitational-wave catalog ever compiled.
The @LIGO Virgo KAGRA collaboration releases the largest gravitational-wave catalog, GWTC-5, with 161 new events, totaling 390 confirmed detections since 2015.
The catalog contains many astrophysical highlights: the gravitational-wave source with the most precise sky localization, the first measurement of three gravitational-wave tones from a black hole, evidence for the existence of second-generation black holes, and new measurements of how fast the Universe is expanding.
Picture: Derek Davis / University of Rhode Island / LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA
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