Gravity Spy
Welcome to the Gravity Spy blog where we chat about glitches, gravitational-wave detection and all things Gravity Spy!
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Bidding Farewell to GEO 600
On Saturday the 4th July, the GEO 600 gravitational-wave detector in Hannover, Germany held its final public open day ahead of its closure at the… Read more
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LVK Releases 161 New Candidate Gravitational-Wave Signals in GWTC-5.0
On the 26th May, the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration (LVK) released the fifth update to the Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalogue (GWTC). This update introduces 161 new candidate signals,… Read more
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The Fourth Update to the Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalogue
Alongside the release of the O4a data on the 26th of August 2025, the LIGO–Virgo–KARGA (LVK) Collaboration published the latest update to the Gravitational-Wave Transient… Read more
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That’s a Wrap: The End of O4
At 16:00 UTC on the 18th of November, the fourth observing period (O4) of the LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA (LVK) Collaboration came to an end. Starting in May… Read more
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Gravity Spy Machine Learning by Machine Learning
Machine learning offers powerful tools for performing complex tasks – its applications are broad in scope, and virtually limitless given sufficient resources. Within Gravity Spy,… Read more
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Research Spotlight: Recent Gravitational-Wave Glitch Studies
We’re learning more about glitches in gravitational wave detectors all the time. The most recent LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Collaboration meeting (12–16 September 2022) in Cardiff featured the… Read more
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Introducing plans for Gravity Spy 2.0!
Hey GravitySpy-ers, We are excited to announce that the Gravity Spy team was awarded a three-year research grant by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)… Read more
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New Glitch Category Added to Gravity Spy – Pizzicato!
Hello everyone! Pizzicato (originally known as High Frequency Burst 500 Hz) has been added as a new glitch category option in Level 5 and Level… Read more
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New O3 Glitch Options
Hi all, Backed by popular demand, we have added a few new classes of glitches that are prevalent in the O3 data. You will see… Read more
