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Mx. Chara Aznable (they/them) of Pnictogenmxchara@seattle.pink

2026-01-25

@slembcke At the scales involved, I cannot comprehend how they've managed to avoid mirror misalignment from all the mouse footsteps and tectonic plate movement.

#ligo

Dubbele kosmische explosie geeft geboorte aan ongekende ‘superkilonova’
In een bizarre wending bracht een supernova twee neutronensterren voort die samensmolten tot een krachtige kilonova.
#AT2025ulz #kilonova #LIGO #superkilonova #supernova #zwaartekrachtgolf
https://www.kuuke.nl/dubbele-kosmische-explosie-geeft-geboorte-aan-ongekende-superkilonova/

Artist impressie van een supernova (links), die in de nasleep twee neutronensterren voortbrengt (midden).

1/2 #Physics and #Astrophysics in #TheGap Dept : We've gotten much better at pushing analyses wrt astrophysical data. A lot of that is #JWST, #LIGO and others...so the instruments. But of course also techniques enabled by those...
Techniques also advance with the #ParticleAccelerators we have currently. But there are still places they cannot go and theories they cannot test. There is always going to be mismatch between the bounds of where theory can go and what we can test right now...

I don't know why I find this #LIGO graph so sexy 🔩...
https://media.ligo.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Stellar_Graveyard_GWTC-4_mass_gap_26Aug2025-1-scaled.png
would it qualify as a case of #space_porn? 🤣

Today, the international LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration celebrates the successful completion of its 4th observing run (O4), marking another major step forward in the exploration of the gravitational wave universe. The run relied on coordinated observations and analyses by teams across the world.

https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/news/ligo20251118

#physics #LIGO #Virgo #KAGRA #gravitationalWaves #science #news

#KnowledgeBit: #LIGO, Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, is the world's largest gravitational wave observatory.

LIGO is designed to detect gravitational waves released when two neutron stars or black holes spiral into each other or when a stellar core collapses and causes a Type II supernova.

https://knowledgezone.co.in/trends/explorer?topic=LIGO

Schwarze Löcher mit doppelter Kollision. Gravitationswellen liefern bisher beste Belege für eine hierarchische Verschmelzung. #LIGO #Gravitationswellen #SchwarzeLoecher #SchwarzesLoch #Astronomie
https://www.scinexx.de/news/kosmos/kollisions-kombi-bei-schwarzen-loechern/

Pair of Distinct Black Hole Mergers Sheds New Light on Nature of Their Formation and Evolution

The mergers, measured one month apart in 2024 by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration, advance scientific understanding of the nature of black hole formation and fundamental physics.

https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/news/ligo20251028

#LIGO #BlackHoles #Physics #science #gravitation

(26 Sep) Daylight Savings Time Is So Bad, It’s Messing With Our View of the Cosmos

And it’s not clear if anything can be done about the problem.

https://s.faithcollapsing.com/w9k72
Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/06g9x

#gravitational-wave #ligo #radio-astronomy #space-&-spaceflight

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(26 Sep) Daylight Savings Time Is So Bad, It’s Messing With Our View of the Cosmos https://s.faithcollapsing.com/w9k72 Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/06g9x #gravitational-wave #ligo #radio-astronomy #space-&-spaceflight

Nature Physics Editorial: a look back at ten years of gravitational wave science

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-025-03052-y?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nphys

#Physics #GravitationalWaves #LIGO #science #astrodon

Did you know you can follow LIGO here @LIGO ?

They are posting a thread of cake photos that celebrate the 10th anniversary of the first gravitational wave detection! 🎂

https://scicomm.xyz/@LIGO/115232038292672011

#Science #Space #Astronomy #LIGO #Gravity #GravitationalWaves #GW10Years

Shortwave podcast:

"The chirp heard ‘round the world: 10 years of catching the gravitational wave"

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/17/nx-s1-5536965/space-science-sound-black-hole

(12 min audio, transcript included)

This was a good one!

#Science #Space #LIGO #Astronomy #BlackHoles

LIGO’s 10th anniversary gift confirms Hawking’s theorem 10 years ago, we measured our first black hole-black hole merger in gravitational waves. 10 years later, we can measure them so well we confirmed the Hawking area theorem. bigthink.com/starts-with-... #space #astro #physics #LIGO #hawking

LIGO's 10th anniversary gift c...

"[T]he LIGO detectors have captured the clearest merger signal ever recorded, GW250114 [and] was able to draw two spectacular conclusions. First, it confirmed that the nature of the merging objects is consistent with that of Kerr (spinning) black holes. Second, it convincingly verified the area theorem formulated by Stephen Hawking in 1971, which asserts that the total surface area of black hole horizons cannot decrease in time.

https://physics.aps.org/articles/v18/160

#BlackHoles #Physics #LIGO