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A new gravitational-wave catalogue reports 161 additional black hole mergers, bringing the total to 390 detections, detected by the LIGO observatories in the United States, the Virgo detector in Italy, and the KAGRA detector in Japan.

United States, Italy, Japan, Glasgow

Who
Scientists at the University of Glasgow’s Institute for Gravitational Research, Dr. Daniel Williams, Alex Papadopoulos, Dr. John Veitch, Storm Colloms, LVK Collaboration
What
A new gravitational-wave catalogue reports 161 additional black hole mergers, bringing the total to 390 detections, detected by the LIGO observatories in the United States, the Virgo detector in Italy, and the KAGRA detector in Japan.
When
Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:57:02 GMT · 2h 25m ago
Where
United States, Italy, Japan, Glasgow ·
Why
This milestone highlights the rapid growth of gravitational astronomy and deepens knowledge of colliding black holes.
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The discovery of 161 new black hole mergers significantly expands the understanding of black hole populations and their formation pathways, aiding in the measurement of the Hubble constant and testing general relativity. This rapid increase in detections underscores advancements in gravitational wave science, allowing for more precise astrophysical analyses from events billions of light-years away.

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    A new gravitational-wave catalogue, GWTC-5, reports an additional 161 black hole mergers, bringing the total to 390 detections.
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