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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What a Difference a Second Makes: The End of Leap Seconds and their Impact on LIGO
You might find, like me, that as you get older it seems like the days continue to get shorter (I mean it is already nearly… Read more
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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
