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@LIGO@scicomm.xyz · 9 hours ago

The Trieste gravitational wave group celebrated the 10th anniversary of our first gravitational wave detection, #GW150914, with a public lecture and themed cakes!

🖼️: L Smith

🧵🎂 #GW10Years

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A photo showing 4 cakes, decorated with the theme of gravitational waves: two cakes depict a gravitational wave black hole merger, one cake depicts a celebrating GW150914 black hole (wearing a party hat!), and one writes "10 anni di onde gravitazionali" - 10 years of gravitational waves.

A photo showing the scientists within the Trieste gravitational wave group, with the celebratory cakes.

@LIGO@scicomm.xyz · 9 hours ago

The Trieste gravitational wave group celebrated the 10th anniversary of our first gravitational wave detection, #GW150914, with a public lecture and themed cakes!

🖼️: L Smith

🧵🎂 #GW10Years

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A photo showing 4 cakes, decorated with the theme of gravitational waves: two cakes depict a gravitational wave black hole merger, one cake depicts a celebrating GW150914 black hole (wearing a party hat!), and one writes "10 anni di onde gravitazionali" - 10 years of gravitational waves.

A photo showing the scientists within the Trieste gravitational wave group, with the celebratory cakes.

Chris Walter boosted

@LIGO@scicomm.xyz · 14 hours ago

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day 11 February 2016

"LIGO Detects Gravitational Waves from Merging Black Holes"

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160211.html

A beautiful artistic interpretation of our first discovery 10 years ago today

#GW10Years #SciArt #Astrodon

LIGO Detects Gravitational Waves from Merging Black Holes

Illustration Credit: LIGO, NSF, Aurore Simonnet (Sonoma State U.)

Explanation: Gravitational radiation has been directly detected. The first-ever detection was made by both facilities of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) in Washington and Louisiana simultaneously last September. After numerous consistency checks, the resulting 5-sigma discovery was published today. The measured gravitational waves match those expected from two large black holes merging after a death spiral in a distant galaxy, with the resulting new black hole momentarily vibrating in a rapid ringdown. A phenomenon predicted by Einstein, the historic discovery confirms a cornerstone of humanity's understanding of gravity and basic physics. It is also the most direct detection of black holes ever. The featured illustration depicts the two merging black holes with the signal strength of the two detectors over 0.3 seconds superimposed across the bottom. Expected future detections by Advanced LIGO and other gravitational wave detectors may not only confirm the spectacular nature of this measurement but hold tremendous promise of giving humanity a new way to see and explore our universe. — LIGO Detects Gravitational Waves from Merging Black Holes Illustration Credit: LIGO, NSF, Aurore Simonnet (Sonoma State U.) Explanation: Gravitational radiation has been directly detected. The first-ever detection was made by both facilities of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) in Washington and Louisiana simultaneously last September. After numerous consistency checks, the resulting 5-sigma discovery was published today. The measured gravitational waves match those expected from two large black holes merging after a death spiral in a distant galaxy, with the resulting new black hole momentarily vibrating in a rapid ringdown. A phenomenon predicted by Einstein, the historic discovery confirms a cornerstone of humanity's understanding of gravity and basic physics. It is also the most direct detection of black holes ever. The featured illustration depicts the two merging black holes with the signal strength of the two detectors over 0.3 seconds superimposed across the bottom. Expected future detections by Advanced LIGO and other gravitational wave detectors may not only confirm the spectacular nature of this measurement but hold tremendous promise of giving humanity a new way to see and explore our universe.

APOD: 2016 February 11 - LIGO Detects Gravitational Waves from Merging Black Holes

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Javier Armentia boosted

@LIGO@scicomm.xyz · 17 hours ago

10 years ago today, we told the world

"We have detected gravitational waves. We did it!"

Relive the moment we shared our result with the world https://www.youtube.com/live/aEPIwEJmZyE

#GW10Years #OTD #GravitationalWaves #Astrodon

YouTube

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@LIGO@scicomm.xyz · 14 hours ago

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day 11 February 2016

"LIGO Detects Gravitational Waves from Merging Black Holes"

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160211.html

A beautiful artistic interpretation of our first discovery 10 years ago today

#GW10Years #SciArt #Astrodon

LIGO Detects Gravitational Waves from Merging Black Holes

Illustration Credit: LIGO, NSF, Aurore Simonnet (Sonoma State U.)

Explanation: Gravitational radiation has been directly detected. The first-ever detection was made by both facilities of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) in Washington and Louisiana simultaneously last September. After numerous consistency checks, the resulting 5-sigma discovery was published today. The measured gravitational waves match those expected from two large black holes merging after a death spiral in a distant galaxy, with the resulting new black hole momentarily vibrating in a rapid ringdown. A phenomenon predicted by Einstein, the historic discovery confirms a cornerstone of humanity's understanding of gravity and basic physics. It is also the most direct detection of black holes ever. The featured illustration depicts the two merging black holes with the signal strength of the two detectors over 0.3 seconds superimposed across the bottom. Expected future detections by Advanced LIGO and other gravitational wave detectors may not only confirm the spectacular nature of this measurement but hold tremendous promise of giving humanity a new way to see and explore our universe. — LIGO Detects Gravitational Waves from Merging Black Holes Illustration Credit: LIGO, NSF, Aurore Simonnet (Sonoma State U.) Explanation: Gravitational radiation has been directly detected. The first-ever detection was made by both facilities of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) in Washington and Louisiana simultaneously last September. After numerous consistency checks, the resulting 5-sigma discovery was published today. The measured gravitational waves match those expected from two large black holes merging after a death spiral in a distant galaxy, with the resulting new black hole momentarily vibrating in a rapid ringdown. A phenomenon predicted by Einstein, the historic discovery confirms a cornerstone of humanity's understanding of gravity and basic physics. It is also the most direct detection of black holes ever. The featured illustration depicts the two merging black holes with the signal strength of the two detectors over 0.3 seconds superimposed across the bottom. Expected future detections by Advanced LIGO and other gravitational wave detectors may not only confirm the spectacular nature of this measurement but hold tremendous promise of giving humanity a new way to see and explore our universe.

APOD: 2016 February 11 - LIGO Detects Gravitational Waves from Merging Black Holes

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.

@LIGO@scicomm.xyz · 17 hours ago

10 years ago today, we told the world

"We have detected gravitational waves. We did it!"

Relive the moment we shared our result with the world https://www.youtube.com/live/aEPIwEJmZyE

#GW10Years #OTD #GravitationalWaves #Astrodon

YouTube

Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.

Alex, the Hearth Fire boosted

@LIGO@scicomm.xyz · 5 months ago

Last Sunday was the 10th anniversary of our first #GravitationalWave detection!

Join us for a thread of celebratory cakes enjoyed by members of our collaboration

First, a cake from OzGrav. Looks like plenty to share?

🖼️: J Powell

🧵🎂 #GW10Years

Chris Walter boosted

@LIGO@scicomm.xyz · 5 months ago

A (simplified) interferometer layout made from brownies!

We think it's safe to eat a few more components, and still give a good idea of how things work

🖼️: D Grass

🧵🎂 #GW10Years

An intricate arrangements of brownies representing the various optical components of the LIGO interferometers. It is surprising complicated. Candles in the shape of 10 are to the side.

@LIGO@scicomm.xyz · 5 months ago

A (simplified) interferometer layout made from brownies!

We think it's safe to eat a few more components, and still give a good idea of how things work

🖼️: D Grass

🧵🎂 #GW10Years

An intricate arrangements of brownies representing the various optical components of the LIGO interferometers. It is surprising complicated. Candles in the shape of 10 are to the side.

@LIGO@scicomm.xyz · 5 months ago

Celebrations at Vanderbilt with artistic arrangements of cupcakes. We would like to analyze some of these. For science, of course

🖼️: C Chatterjee

🧵🎂 #GW10Years

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Two clusters of chocolate cupcakes, each trailing an arc of vanilla cupcakes (with sprinkles!). An artistic representation of a black hole binary inspiralling.

Chocolate cupcakes in the shape of a gravitational-wave signal. Is this a binary merger? It looks like it would have a high mass source?

@LIGO@scicomm.xyz · 5 months ago

Two black (hole) forest cakes from Lyon! Real black holes are not as chocolatey

We hope that @ehtelescope approve

🖼️: J Degallaix

🧵🎂 #GW10Years

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A chocolate cake covered with chocolate shavings, decorated a variety of chocolate sphere representing our black hole observations. There are birthday candles in the shape of 1 and 0 (make a wish!)

A chocolate cake topped with a EHT-style image of a black hole and "10 Ans GW150914" as well as two chocolate spheres.

@LIGO@scicomm.xyz · 5 months ago

Last Sunday was the 10th anniversary of our first #GravitationalWave detection!

Join us for a thread of celebratory cakes enjoyed by members of our collaboration

First, a cake from OzGrav. Looks like plenty to share?

🖼️: J Powell

🧵🎂 #GW10Years

Domenico De Treias boosted

@LIGO@scicomm.xyz · 5 months ago

Happy birthday to GW150914, our first (of many) #GravitationalWave discoveries, detected 10 years ago today!

#GW10Years #Astrodon

🖼️: S Colloms/ @span UofGravity

A cartoon of a 10th birthday cake being swallowed by a black hole.

@LIGO@scicomm.xyz · 5 months ago

Happy birthday to GW150914, our first (of many) #GravitationalWave discoveries, detected 10 years ago today!

#GW10Years #Astrodon

🖼️: S Colloms/ @span UofGravity

A cartoon of a 10th birthday cake being swallowed by a black hole.

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