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How do we learn about black holes from gravitational waves? Key properties leave fingerprints in the gravitational-wave signal. This infographic from the LIGO Magazine explains more ligo.org/magazine/LIGO-… 📊: @Gmv2_c4r Christopher Berry @bffarr #BlackHoleWeek

Gravitational-waves provide a unique way to study black holes This Orrery (by @actualdrdoctor) illustrates the diverse black hole binaries and neutron star black–hole binaries from our O3b run. More massive binaries are shown as orbiting more slowly #BlackHoleWeek

We have observed a diverse family of black holes using #GravitationalWaves We now now they come in a range of sizes, but what are the biggest and smallest black holes we have discovered? #BlackHoleWeek 1/🧵 📊: CIERA

"Black holes are certainly the most mysterious objects in the Universe" What happens when you fall into a black hole? Bartoz Fornal is our guide to crossing the event horizon with illustrations by Nutsinee Kijbunchoo in the LIGO Magazine ligo.org/wp-content/upl… #BlackHoleWeek

“I love to take my 7-year-old brother to the AdlerPlanet and talk to him about space. He thinks that black holes are really cool, and whenever I feel stressed about research, I like to remind myself of this” – Maya Fishbach #HumansOfLIGO humansofligo.blogspot.com/2019/08/maya-f… #BlackHoleWeek

“[My] favourite event is the [neutron star–black hole] NSBH merger GW200105; I picture NSBHs events as the 'experienced' black hole showing the 'baby' neutron star what to do, and always find it funny.” – Leigh Smith #HumansOfLIGO humansofligo.blogspot.com/2023/07/leigh-… #BlackHoleWeek

GW230529 was a particularly interesting observation of a neutron star merging with an unusually small black hole. Michael Zevin Vincent Juste Shania Nichols 🇹🇹🇵🇦 Shanika Galaudage discuss behind the scenes work on the discovery in #LIGOMagazine ligo.org/wp-content/upl… #BlackHoleWeek

It's #BlackHoleWeek! Share with us in the comments your most creative black hole art designs! 🖼️: An artistic take on a neutron star–black hole merger by Carl Knox OzGrav

Gravitational waves and black holes mergers have been inspiring Christopher Taudt (harte-echtzeit) to create music! Read all about it in the LIGO Magazine ligo.org/wp-content/upl… Check out the music at callitanythingrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ji-k-kan #BlackHoleWeek

The story of our first discovery of two merging black holes youtu.be/0lUxk8yxaNY A documentary by Kai Staats #BlackHoleWeek

“I am most proud of is the LIGO-Virgo Binary-Black-Hole Orrery. I felt like I was part of a cool secret because these events were not public at the time, and I was an undergraduate working on a really exciting project” – Teresita Ramirez #HumansOfLIGO #BlackHoleWeek

A simulation of two black holes merging and the ripples in spacetime they create youtu.be/uYncv7z9Zyc Discover more about how we have come to understand gravitational wave signals from Kip Thorne's Nobel Prize Lecture youtu.be/TZLvEp_xjnY #BlackHoleWeek

Celebrating #BlackHoleWeek, some of our scientists are working with Science Ceilidh to create a binary black hole themed dance. This will be shared with participants at the upcoming #GR24Amaldi16 conference.

Maximizing returns on U.S. National Science Foundation investments, the Giant Magellan Telescope will coordinate with today’s most powerful observatories—including NASA's JWST, Rubin Observatory, ALMA Observatory📡, LIGO, and ESO's E-ELT. Explore how synergy powers discovery: giantmagellan.org/2025/04/27/6-o… #giantdiscoveries

As our detectors become more advanced, we can discover more black holes than ever before, looking further back into our Universe's past This growing set of observations advances our understanding of the astrophysics of black holes #BlackHoleWeek

After 3 hours of Experimental Physics with Dr Mike Landry LIGO, you're in line with your friends, waiting for ice cream... You see Dr Landry on the street, what do you do? You get out of line and continue the discussion... Another aspiring explorer. Future looks bright.

"I love to paint and occasionally I create art based on black holes and gravitational waves. The inside cover of my PhD thesis features a binary black hole merger drawing and it was really fun to make!" Find out more about Lucy at #HumansOfLIGO: humansofligo.blogspot.com/2024/04/lucy-t…

During the festival this year, Prof. Giles Hammond from University of Glasgow will be presenting his research on #GravitationalWave Astronomy. His research includes the development of techniques for the Advanced LIGO detector and future generation detectors such as LIGO-India.

We are pleased to introduce our new spokesperson, Prof. Stephen Fairhurst of Gravity Exploration Institute! "I look forward to working with the excellent scientists and engineers in the collaboration" ligo.org/lsc-welcomes-n…