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Find out about the latest news, announcements and stories about the Centre for Gravitational Astrophysics.
29 Nov 2019
CGP is participating in an effort to design the largest gravitational wave detector ever built.
23 Oct 2019
The 'quantum squeezers' designed at ANU along with other upgrades for the current LIGO detectors have already greatly improved the detectors’ sensing...
17 Aug 2019
ANU Centre for Gravitational Physics in collaboration with ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) and ACT National Science Week ...
14 Aug 2019
On August 14 Gravitational Wave community including ANU Centre for Gravitational Physics announced detection of collision of two massive objects about 900...
28 May 2019
Congratulations to Professor David McClelland for being elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science for his career achievements in the detection of...
3 May 2019
An international team of scientists, including from RSPE's Centre for Gravitational Physics, have detected two stars colliding in space about 500 million...
1 Apr 2019
LIGO and VIRGO are set to resume their hunt for gravitational waves - ripples in space and time - on April 1
25 Mar 2019
Prof. Susan Scott is among the leaders of a group of Gravitational Wave researchers who are granted $898,560 ARC Linkage funding, announced by the Minister for...
4 Dec 2018
CGP physicists in RSPE have celebrated the announcement by LIGO & Virgo & OzGrav (ARC Centre of Excellence) of 4 new binary black hole collisions...
23 May 2018
The GRACE Follow-On mission, the successor to the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission, launched into space from Vandenberg Airforce Base in...
16 Mar 2018
Prof David McClelland received the International Organisation for Quantum Communication, Measurement and Computing Award for Outstanding Achievements in...
16 Feb 2018
Professor David McClelland has been awarded the prestigious Boas medal, by the Australian Institute of Physics, "for key contributions to one of the...