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From 5 to 7 May 2026, the Einstein Telescope Preparatory Phase INFRA-DEV Annual Meeting is being held in Barcelona, hosted by the Institut de Física d’Altes Energies. The event takes place at the UPF Barcelona School of Management.

CERN hosts an industrial workshop on vacuum and cryogenics challenges for the Einstein Telescope, with Mario Martínez delivering the opening talk.

Michele Maggiore has been selected as its new Spokesperson, with Angélique Lartaux appointed Deputy Spokesperson.

Search for peak structures in the stochastic gravitational-wave background in LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA O1-O4a datasets

The Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities has allocated new funding to Spain’s participation in major international gravitational-wave infrastructures, with the Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE) designated as the institution through which these contributions will be channelled.

The LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA (LVK) Collaboration has announced the completion of O4, the most productive gravitational-wave observation run so far, yielding an unprecedented number of candidate events and high-quality data for the scientific community.

Jam Sadiq is joining the Gravitational Waves group as a PostDoctoral researcher

Researchers from the Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE), through its Gravitational Waves group, participate in the LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA collaboration that has reported the first observational evidence of candidate second-generation black holes. The analysis of two gravitational-wave signals reveals binary systems with unusual mass ratios and spin configurations, opening a new window on black-hole formation in dense astrophysical environments.

Leonardo Totti has joined the Gravitational Waves group as PhD student.