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LIGO and Virgo detect Neutron Star Smash-Ups
May 6, 2019

On April 25th the LIGO Observatory and Virgo gravitational-wave detector registered new ripples in space and time from what appears likely…

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New LIGO-Virgo observational run picks up 3 binary black hole merger candidates
April 24, 2019

The LIGO and Virgo detectors resumed their hunt for gravitational waves on April 1 with the new Observing run, O3. Since…

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IGFAE’s director, Carlos A. Salgado, receives an ERC Advanced Grant
March 31, 2019

Light lasts three yoctoseconds to go through a proton. If a second would be the age of the universe, this time…

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Científicos de primeiro nivel internacional avalían o IGFAE
March 9, 2019

O Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE) na USC recibiu a visita do seu Comité Científico Asesor. Onte, xoves…

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LIGO and Virgo Announce Four New Gravitational-Wave Detections
December 13, 2018

The observatories are also releasing their first catalog of gravitational-wave events On Saturday, December 1, scientists attending the Gravitational Wave Physics…

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100xciencia.3 and SOMMa General Assembly 2018
November 16, 2018

It happened this week: Spanish politicians and top-level scientists agree on the way to ease the future: Spanish scientists are doing…

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IGFAE joins LIGO Collaboration
November 5, 2018

The Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE) of the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) has recently joined the…

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Diversity matters
November 3, 2018

Diversity is crucial to excellence. At IGFAE, we stand behind this principle and firmly believe that every individual, irrespective of gender,…

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Science Week, 12-16 November 2018
October 15, 2018

IGFAE organizes a Science Week (Semana da ciencia) from 12th to 16th November 2018. It will include various outreach and educational events in Santiago de Compostela. More information…

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The Birth of High-Energy Neutrino Astronomy: Multimessenger effort tracks back a 290 TeV neutrino to distant Blazar
July 16, 2018

For almost 30 years, astronomers and astrophysicists have been looking for ways to do Astronomy with neutrinos to learn about the…

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