News

First search on the advanced-generation LIGO detector data

March 09, 2016

The first E@h search on the advanced-generation LIGO detector data (O1) has started ! We are searching the sky for gravitational wave signals with frequencies between 20 Hz and 100 Hz. We have packed two searches in a single application: one for standard ever-lasting continuous gravitational waves and the other for continuous signals lasting only some days.

Discovery of 13 new gamma-ray pulsars by Einstein@Home volunteers

February 22, 2016

The 4th Einstein@Home survey for gamma-ray pulsars, or "FGRP4", using data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is currently nearing completion. This survey has incorporated many new advances that we learned during our previous investigation of blind search methods. In addition, we were able to utilize the superior "Pass 8" data from the Fermi-LAT team, and search in longer data sets than ever before. In combination, these improvements led to FGRP4 being our most sensitive survey to date.

Exciting news: Gravitational Waves detected!

February 11, 2016

We want to share our excitement about the first-ever direct detection of gravitational waves! The event happened right before the beginning of the first observing run of the advanced LIGO detectors, on 14 September 2015. The waves were generated as two black holes merged into a single black hole about 1.3 billion light years from Earth. In astronomy units this is 410 Mpc, approximately 10% of the way across the visible Universe!

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