LIGO Scientific Collaboration

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC) is a group of scientists focused on the direct detection of gravitational waves, using them to explore the fundamental physics of gravity, and developing the emerging field of gravitational wave science as a tool of astronomical discovery.

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  • Constraints on gravitational waves from the 2024 Vela pulsar glitch

    In a scientific article submitted to The Astrophysical Journal and available online as a free preprint (https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.17990), the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration reports the most stringent results yet on possible gravitational waves from a glitching pulsar. This target, known as the Vela pulsar, is a rapidly rotating neutron star in our galactic neighborhood for which radio telescopes… Read More

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Gravitational Waves Explained

LIGO and its partners use spacetime ripples to observe distant collisions involving black holes and neutron stars.

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