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LIGO

@LIGO · Cardiff, UK · joined 04 Jun 2008

Please find us on other platforms This was the official Twitter of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration. We detect gravitational waves! Email: questions@ligo.org

103 000Followers
289Following
8 111Posts total
79.6KViews on collected posts

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LIGO@LIGO
@LIGO Why aren't you posting on X? 62 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →
LIGO@LIGO
@LIGO Gravitational Waves Aren’t Just Signals — They’re Probes of the Vacuum A Frequency Wave Theory (FWT) perspective Gravitational waves are often described as ripples in spacetime, but in practice they are something more powerful: precision probes of whatever spacetime is ma
96 views · 1 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →
LIGO@LIGO
@LIGO I've got a post saying usa has 3 ligo stations in usa would it make sense to have three ligo stations on the Moon I said 3 on the Mars but then 3 ligo stations on a Mars moon after earths ligo Soundwave stations aren't needed but 3 points of veiws from usa Would make
178 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →
LIGO@LIGO
We are happy to share our latest news and discoveries on several platforms. Please come and find us 🦋 https://t.co/oaEGS9i34V 🐘 LIGO@scicomm.xyz 📷 ligo_virgo 📘 LIGO Scientific Collaboration #SciComm #GravitationalWaves 7.3K views · 28 likes · 4 reposts · 12 replies Open on X →
LIGO@LIGO
"Taking care of plants is my way to do hands-on science every day and remember that science is actually part of the real world, it doesn't just exist on your computer." Find out more about Amanda at #HumansOfLIGO: https://t.co/KzPIBwdxG0 https://t.co/b0h2NQ9Nkb
A headshot of Amanda smiling in front of a wood panelled wall. Amanda has long dark curly hair with pink highlights, light skin, and is wearing a white blouse with black flowers on it.
3.5K views · 15 likes · 4 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →
LIGO@LIGO
The 2025 winner of the LIGO Laboratory Award for Excellence in Detector Characterization & Calibration is Dr. Jane Glanzer in recognizition of critical and timely contributions to both calibration and detector characterization for the fourth observing run https://t.co/0ey74TuqLi
Dr. Jane Glanzer smiling.
3.3K views · 33 likes · 10 reposts · 23 replies Open on X →
LIGO@LIGO
Our recent low-significance candidate #S251112cm has caught some interest. A false alarm or a big discovery—we will keep investigating. Catch up in these two articles https://t.co/1eJRUUVkWM by @hadriancho https://t.co/dsKNZ1yD2i by @DrCarpineti #GravitationalWaves 5.8K views · 63 likes · 16 reposts · 6 replies Open on X →
LIGO@LIGO
@LIGOLA @LIGOWA @KAGRA_PR @ego_virgo Our fourth observing run (O4) has seen our detectors perform better than ever before. Together with @ego_virgo and @KAGRA_PR we have identified more gravitational-wave candidates than in all previous observing runs combined #O4IsHere https://
A cumulative detection plot, including significant candidate events from O4a, O4b, and O4c. There were a totla of 3 probable canddiates following O1, 11 following O2, 90 following O3, and 218 following O4a. There were 165 significant candidates in O4b and 68 in O4c. The total is almost 400. From O1 through O4a, the counts refer to the detected gravitational-wave events that are included in the GWTC papers. In contrast, the counts for O4b and O4c refer to candidate events for which a significant low-latency alert was issued and that were not subsequently retracted. The O4c data collection period is divided into two segments: January 28 April 1, 2025 and June 11 November 18, 2025. These segments are distinguished in the figure by different fill colors: the first is represented in dark blue, and the second in light blue. The intervening gap is omitted from the figure.
1.8K views · 24 likes · 6 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →
LIGO@LIGO
Our Rapid Response Teams celebrate the end of our fourth observing run. Well done everyone! https://t.co/iI4pnnTdXL O4 was a success thanks to lots of hard work from across the world. #O4IsHere https://t.co/7CVMwJr4Xa
In Japan, KAGRA staff gathered in the control room to celebrate the end of O4. This was the first run that KAGRA took science data simultaneously with Virgo and LIGO.
Staff at LIGO Livingston Observatory in Louisiana gathered in the control room to say farewell to O4
In Italy, Virgo staff gathered in the control room to celebrate the end of O4.
Staff at LIGO Hanford Observatory in Washington State gathered in the control room at 8am to celebrate the end of O4. Everyone enjoyed morning coffee and cake.
3.1K views · 30 likes · 7 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →
LIGO@LIGO
Our fourth LIGO @ego_virgo @KAGRA_PR observing run has now drawn to a close. We will be busy analysing data for a while to come—watch out for more discovery announcements. We will be back next year https://t.co/CyWp70H1if 10.8K views · 45 likes · 19 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →
LIGO@LIGO
@LIGO Congratulations, great work! 85 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
LIGO@LIGO
During O4, new candidates are immediately reported to astronomers worldwide via NASA's GCN Circulars Prior to O4, we had discovered 90 probable #GravitationalWave candidates. O4 is a big advancement! O4 is planned to continue until 7 October 2025 (https://t.co/CyWp70H1if) https
Cumulative number of detections. For O1, O2 and O3, we have published 90 probable candidates. During O4, we have so far shared 200 significant candidates
7.4K views · 45 likes · 18 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →
LIGO@LIGO
🎉 We have reached 200 candidates in O4! 🎉 The fourth observing run (O4) of our detector network has had the best performance so far, with more candidates than ever before! We are currently busy analysing all these wonderful data and look forward to sharing results #O4IsHere htt
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36.1K views · 341 likes · 91 reposts · 18 replies Open on X →

Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

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Last 13 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.26%19 Mar
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Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views.

What the audience does

Likes67.2%627 in total
Reposts18.9%176 in total
Replies8.0%75 in total
Quotes0.5%5 in total
Bookmarks5.4%50 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

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Daily snapshots since 14 Sep 2026; the dashed line is the starting count.

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