Images and movies: gravitational waves

Documentary about the AEI contributions to Advanced LIGO's first direct detection of gravitational waves. more

Visualization of a binary black hole merger consistent with the gravitational-wave event called GW250114. more

Gravitational waves from massive black holes challenge current astrophysical models more

Shortly after the start of the fourth observing run, the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaborations detected a remarkable gravitational-wave signal. more

Gravitational waves from two black holes swallowing neutron stars whole more

with tidal disruption more

a heavy black-hole binary merger with near-equal masses more

Numerical simulation of a black-hole binary merger with asymmetric masses and overtones. more

Numerical simulation of a black-hole binary merger with asymmetric masses and orbital precession. more

This numerical simulation represents the binary neutron star coalescence and merger which resulted in the detected gravitational-wave event GW190425. more

This discovery marks the first cosmic event observed in both gravitational waves and light. more

When binary neutron stars inspiral and finally merge they emit gravitational waves. more

These numerical relativity simulations show the merging of two neutron stars. more

The images and the animation show the coalescence of two orbiting black holes as detected by the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo observatories on the 14^th of August 2017. more

The movie and the images show a numerical simulation of the gravitational-wave event GW170104 associated to the third binary black-hole coalescence detected by LIGO. more

The movie and the images show a numerical simulation of the gravitational-wave event GW151226 associated to a binary black-hole coalescence. more

Numerical-relativity simulations of the first binary black-hole merger observed by the Advanced LIGO detector on September 14, 2015. more

Numerical simulations of two inspiralling black holes that merge to form a new black hole. more

In this model, a smaller and a large black hole move linearly towards each other and collide head-on. The smaller black hole moves faster, has a high downward momentum and emits strong gravitational waves downwards. more

Inspiraling Neutron Stars merge and form a Black Hole. more

Head-on collision of two neutron stars to a black hole or a neutron star. more

Computer simulations showing the formation of a neutron star by the gravitational collapse of a stellar core and the gravitational collapse of a neutron star to a rotating black hole. more

Computer simulations of an unstable spherical neutron star and of a rapidly spinning neutron star that is bar-like deformed by a dynamical instability. more

Movies and images about data analysis at AEI. more

LISA Pathfinder was a test mission of the European Space Agency ESA for the LISA mission. LISA Pathfinder demonstrated central LISA technologies with which the first gravitational wave observatory in space will observe low-frequency gravitational waves. more

LISA technology is now being used for Earth observation and will improve future satellite geodesy missions. GRACE Follow-On observes the critical indicators of climate change through changes in Earth's gravitational field. more

Rainer Weiss talks about how the long collaboration with the Max Planck Society's gravitational-wave researchers has shaped this field of science from the very beginning and how their findings helped him with the first LIGO study. more

GEO600 is a ground-based interferometric gravitational wave detector located near Hannover, Germany. GEO600 is part of a worldwide network of gravitational wave detectors.
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