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With great pride last week at EGO we celebrated the first 20 years of Virgo scientific activity, with many extraordinary guests: @NobelPrize laureate @giorgioparisi, @regionetoscana president @EugenioGiani, a message from Italy’s Minister of University and Research @BerniniAM 1/4
Last week at EGO we had the pleasure of hosting the Einstein Telescope BGR (Board of Governmental Representatives), the council of government representatives from all over Europe delegated to discuss the implementation of ET (1/3)
Gravitational waves research among the protagonists of the collateral dialogues of the Public Program of the Italian Pavilion at the 2024 Art Biennale in Venice! (1/3)
Gravitational wave research is one of the research areas awarded by this year's prestigious @ERC_Research grants: Simone Mastrogiovanni, a researcher in the Virgo Collaboration at the @INFN_ Section in Rome, has received a €1.5 million Starting Grant from ERC... (1/3)
Exactly 7 years ago @LIGO and Virgo detected a signal that would become one of the most influential discoveries in the history of modern astronomy: GW170817, a binary neutron star coalescence
Pia Astone, ricercatrice di Virgo e coordinatrice del Gruppo Virgo di Roma, racconta l’emozione che ha provato quando Virgo ha rivelato il suo primo segnale, esattamente sette anni fa.
🎙️ Estratto dal podcast Rai Radio3 “Virgo. L’universo si fa suono” di Raffaele Passerini
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