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Publication of the GWTC-5.0 catalog results

The LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Collaboration released results from the second part of its fourth observing run and updated its cumulative catalog of transient gravitational-wave signals.

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Key facts

  • Status: scheduled
  • Time precision: unknown
GWTC-5.0 includes results from the second part of the fourth observing run (O4b), through January 28, 2025. The catalog’s official page says the release added 161 new significant compact-binary-coalescence signals, bringing the cumulative total to 390. This entry describes the catalog release, not an individual gravitational-wave signal.