List of gravitational wave observations

This page contains a list of observed and candidate gravitational wave events.

Origin and nomenclature

Direct observation of gravitational waves, which commenced with the detection of an event by LIGO in 2015, plays a key role in gravitational wave astronomy. LIGO has been involved in all subsequent detections to date, with Virgo joining in August 2017.

Joint observation runs of LIGO and Virgo, designated "O1, O2, etc." span many months, with months of maintenance and upgrades in-between designed to increase the instruments sensitivity and range. Within these run periods, the instruments are capable of detecting gravitational waves.

The first run, O1, ran from September 12, 2015, to January 19, 2016, and succeeded in its first gravitational wave detection. O2 ran for a greater duration, from November 30, 2016, to August 25, 2017. O3 began on April 1, 2019. The observing run was split in two, designated "O3a" and "O3b" with the first part suspended on September 30, 2019, for maintenance and upgrades. O3b began on November 1, 2019. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic O3 was forced to end prematurely. The early end meant that KAGRA did not have chance to participate in joint observations with LIGO and Virgo, so a short joint run was done in partnership with GEO. This run was designated "O3GK", and did not result in any additional detections.

O4 began on May 24, 2023; initially planned for March, the project needed more time to stabilize the instruments. The fourth observing run was divided into three parts, designated "O4a", "O4b", and "O4c". The run, initially planned to end after one year, was extended, following plans to make further upgrades for the O5 run. O4a started May 24, 2023 and ended January 16, 2024. O4b started April 10, 2024 and ended January 28, 2025 at 17:00 UTC. Unusually, O4c, followed directly from O4b, starting on January 28, 2025 at 17:00 UTC and concluded on November 18, 2025 at 16:00 UTC. There was a two month commissioning break from January to March 2024, and another from 1 April to a planned 11 June 2025, after which observations resumed. As of May 2025, O5 is planned to begin in late 2027. An intermediate six-month observing run has also been announced, expected to begin later summer/early fall of 2026. Updated observing plans are published on the official website.

Gravitational wave events are named starting with the prefix GW, while observations that trigger an event alert but have not (yet) been confirmed are named starting with the prefix S. Six digits then indicate the date of the event, with the two first digits representing the year, the two middle digits the month and two final digits the day of observation. This is similar to the systematic naming for other kinds of astronomical event observations, such as those of gamma-ray bursts.

Probable detections that are not confidently identified as gravitational wave events are designated LVT ("LIGO-Virgo trigger"). Known gravitational wave events come from the merger of two black holes (BH), two neutron stars (NS), or a black hole and a neutron star (BHNS). Some objects are in the mass gap (MG) between the largest predicted neutron star masses (Tolman–Oppenheimer–Volkoff limit) and the smallest known black holes.

List of gravitational wave events

Confirmed events by distance
8
16
24
32
40
48
56
64
72
80
<100 Mpc
100-200 Mpc
200-500 Mpc
500-1000 Mpc
1-2 Gpc
2-5 Gpc
5+ Gpc
  •   BNS mergers
  •   NS-BH mergers
  •   mass gap
  •   BBH mergers
Initial objects by mass
9
18
27
36
45
54
63
72
81
90
1-2 M
2-3 M
3-5 M
5-10 M
10-20 M
20-30 M
30-40 M
40-50 M
50-60 M
60-70 M
70-80 M
80-90 M
90-100 M
100-110 M
110-120 M
120-130 M
130-140 M
  •   neutron star
  •   mass gap
  •   black hole
List of binary merger events
GW event
and time (UTC)
Date
published
Location
area
(deg2)
Signal to
Noise Ratio
(SNR)
Luminosity
distance
(Mpc)
Energy
radiated/c2
(M)
Chirp mass (M)
Effective spin Primary Secondary Remnant Notes Ref.
Type Mass (M) Type Mass (M) Type Mass (M) Spin
GW150914
09:50:45
2016-02-11
179; mostly to the south
24.4+0.8
−0.8
430+150
−170
3.1+0.4
−0.4
28.6+1.6
−1.5
−0.01+0.12
−0.13
BH
35.6+4.8
−3.0
BH
30.6+3.0
−4.4
BH
63.1+3.3
−3.0
0.69+0.05
−0.04
First GW detection;
first BH merger observed
GW151012 (fr)
09:54:43
2016-06-15
1555
10.0+0.5
−0.5
1060+540
−480
1.5+0.5
−0.5
15.2+2.0
−1.1
0.04+0.28
−0.19
BH
23.3+14.0
−5.5
BH
13.6+4.1
−4.8
BH
35.7+9.9
−3.8
0.67+0.13
−0.11
Formerly candidate LVT151012;
accepted as astrophysical since February 2019
GW151226
03:38:53
2016-06-15
1033
13.1+0.0
−1.2
440+180
−190
1.0+0.1
−0.2
8.9+0.3
−0.3
0.18+0.20
−0.12
BH
13.7+8.8
−3.2
BH
7.7+2.2
−2.6
BH
20.5+6.4
−1.5
0.74+0.07
−0.05
GW170104
10:11:58
2017-06-01
924
13.0+0.0
−0.0
960+430
−410
2.2+0.5
−0.5
21.5+2.1
−1.7
−0.04+0.17
−0.20
BH
31.0+7.2
−5.6
BH
20.1+4.9
−4.5
BH
49.1+5.2
−3.5
0.66+0.08
−0.10
GW170608
02:01:16
2017-11-16
396; to the north
14.9+0.5
−0.8
320+120
−110
0.9+0.0
−0.1
7.9+0.2
−0.2
0.03+0.19
−0.07
BH
10.9+5.3
−1.7
BH
7.6+1.3
−2.1
BH
17.8+3.2
−0.7
0.69+0.04
−0.04
Smallest BH progenitor
masses to date
GW170729
18:56:29
2018-11-30
1033
10.2+0.6
−0.4
2750+1350
−1320
4.8+1.7
−1.7
35.7+6.5
−4.7
0.36+0.21
−0.25
BH
50.6+16.6
−10.2
BH
34.3+9.1
−10.1
BH
80.3+14.6
−10.2
0.81+0.07
−0.13
Largest progenitor masses until GW190521
GW170809
08:28:21
2018-11-30
340; towards Cetus
12.4+0.0
−0.2
990+320
−380
2.7+0.6
−0.6
25.0+2.1
−1.6
0.07+0.16
−0.16
BH
35.2+8.3
−6.0
BH
23.8+5.2
−5.1
BH
56.4+5.2
−3.7
0.70+0.08
−0.09
GW170814
10:30:43
2017-09-27
87; towards Eridanus
16.3+0.9
−0.4
580+160
−210
2.7+0.4
−0.3
24.2+1.4
−1.1
0.07+0.12
−0.11
BH
30.7+5.7
−3.0
BH
25.3+2.9
−4.1
BH
53.4+3.2
−2.4
0.72+0.07
−0.05
First announced detection by
three observatories; first polarization measurement
GW170817
12:41:04
2017-10-16
16; NGC 4993
33.0+0.0
−2.1
40±10
≥ 0.04
1.186+0.001
−0.001
0.00+0.02
−0.01
NS
1.46+0.12
−0.10
NS
1.27+0.09
−0.09
HMNS-BH
≤ 2.8
≤ 0.89
First NS merger observed in
GW; first detection of EM counterpart (GRB 170817A; AT 2017gfo); nearest event to date
GW170818
02:25:09
2018-11-30
39; towards Pegasus
11.3+0.0
−0.0
1020+430
−360
2.7+0.5
−0.5
26.7+2.1
−1.7
−0.09+0.18
−0.21
BH
35.5+7.5
−4.7
BH
26.8+4.3
−5.2
BH
59.8+4.8
−3.8
0.67+0.07
−0.08
GW170823
13:13:58
2018-11-30
1651
11.1+0.4
−0.3
1850±840
3.3+0.9
−0.8
29.3+4.2
−3.2
0.08+0.20
−0.22
BH
39.6+10.0
−6.6
BH
29.4+6.3
−7.1
BH
65.6+9.4
−6.6
0.71+0.08
−0.10
GW190403_051519
2019-04-03 05:15:19
2022-05-11
3900
7.6+0.6
−1.1
8300+6700
−4300
34.0+15.1
−8.4
0.68+0.16
−0.43
BH
85.0+6.7
−4.3
BH
20.0+26.3
−8.4
BH
102+26
−24
0.91+0.05
−0.17
GW190408_181802
2019-04-08 18:18:02
2020-10-27
140
15.3+0.2
−0.3
1580+400
−590
18.3+1.4
−1.2
−0.03+0.13
−0.19
BH
24.5+5.1
−3.4
BH
18.3+3.2
−3.5
BH
41.0+3.8
−2.7
0.67+0.06
−0.07
Originally designated S190408an.
GW190412
2019-04-12
05:30:44
2020-04-17
156; towards Virgo or Boötes
18.9+0.2
−0.3
730+140
−170
13.3+0.4
−0.3
0.25+0.08
−0.11
BH
29.7+5.0
−5.3
BH
8.4+1.8
−1.0
BH
37.0+4.1
−3.9
0.67+0.05
−0.07
First possible observation of a merger of two black holes of very different masses. Originally designated S190412m.
GW190413_052954
2019-04-13
2020-10-27
1400
8.9+0.4
−0.7
4100+2410
−1890
24.0+5.4
−3.7
0.01+0.29
−0.33
BH
33.4+12.4
−7.4
BH
23.4+6.7
−6.3
BH
54.3+12.4
−8.4
0.69+0.12
−0.13
GW190413_134308
2019-04-13
2020-10-27
520
10.0+0.4
−0.5
5150+2440
−2340
31.9+7.3
−4.6
−0.01+0.24
−0.28
BH
45.4+13.6
−9.6
BH
30.9+10.2
−9.6
BH
72.8+15.2
−10.3
0.69+0.10
−0.12
GW190421_213856
2019-04-21
2020-10-27
1000
10.7+0.2
−0.4
3150+1370
−1420
30.7+5.5
−6.6
−0.05+0.23
−0.26
BH
40.6+10.4
−6.6
BH
31.4+7.5
−8.2
BH
68.6+11.7
−8.1
0.68+0.10
−0.11
Originally designated S190421ar.
GW190424_180648
2019-04-24 18:06:48
2020-10-27
26000
10.4+0.2
−0.4
2550+1560
−1330
30.3+5.7
−4.2
0.15+0.22
−0.22
BH
39.5+10.9
−6.9
BH
31.0+7.4
−7.3
BH
67.1+12.5
−9.2
0.75+0.08
−0.09
GW190425
2019-04-25
08:18:05
2020-01-06
430; towards Hercules
12.4+0.3
−0.4
159+69
−72
1.44+0.02
−0.02
0.012+0.01
−0.01
NS
1.60 - 1.87
NS
1.46 - 1.69
?
Originally designated S190425z (z:26th trigger|UTC day), this trigger was detected by a single LIGO instrument (of three LVC stations), and is considered by some scientists to have been confirmed as a binary neutron star merger.

It was published in 2020 that a gamma-ray burst was detected (GRB 190425) ~0.5 seconds after the LIGO trigger, lasting 6 seconds and bearing similarities to GRB170817 (such as weakness [most power in sub-100 keV, or soft X-rays) bands], elevated energetic photon background levels [signal exceeding background by less than a factor of 2], and similar differences from other transients classified as short GRBs. Confidence was established for interpretation of a set of peaks through a control interval of only 2 days prior to the LIGO-Livingston trigger in INTEGRAL Electronic anticoincidence, could not be corroborated by other instruments and wasn't initially noted as a significant event. Non-detection in other instruments may be a consequence of an Earth-occulted source as the Fermi telescope attempted follow-up.

GW190426_152155
2019-04-26
15:21:55
2020-10-27
1300
8.7+0.5
−0.6
370+180
−160
2.41+0.08
−0.08
−0.03+0.32
−0.30
BH?
5.7+3.9
−2.3
NS
1.5+0.8
−0.5
BH?
The primary object, being between 3.4 and 9.6 solar masses, is either a black hole or an object in the mass gap. Originally designated S230426c.
GW190426_190642
2019-04-26
19:06:42
2022-05-11
4600
8.7+0.4
−0.6
4600+3400
−2300
76.0+19.1
−17.4
0.23+0.42
−0.41
BH
106+45
−24
BH
76+26
−36
BH
173+38
−34
0.77+0.14
−0.16
GW190503_185404
2019-05-03
18:54:04
2020-10-27
94; towards Columba, Pictor, or Puppis
12.4+0.2
−0.3
1450+690
−630
30.2+4.2
−4.2
−0.03+0.20
−0.26
BH
43.3+9.1
−8.2
BH
28.4+7.7
−8.0
BH
68.6+8.8
−7.7
0.66+0.09
−0.12
Originally designated S230503bf.
GW190512_180714
2019-05-12
18:07:14
2020-10-27
220; towards Scorpius or Ophiuchus
12.2+0.2
−0.4
1430+550
−550
14.6+1.3
−1.0
0.03+0.12
−0.13
BH
23.3+5.3
−3.8
BH
12.6+3.6
−2.5
BH
34.5+3.8
−3.5
0.65+0.07
−0.07
Originally designated S230512at.
GW190513_205428
2019-05-13
20:54:28
2020-10-27
520; towards Sagittarius, Capricornus, Perseus, or Camelopardalis
12.9+0.3
−0.4
2060+880
−800
21.6+3.8
−1.9
0.11+0.28
−0.17
BH
35.7+9.5
−9.2
BH
18.0+7.7
−4.2
BH
51.6+8.2
−5.8
0.68+0.14
−0.12
Originally designated S230513bm.
GW190514_065416
2019-05-14
06:54:16
2020-10-27
3000
8.2+0.3
−0.6
4100+2700
−2200
28.5+7.9
−4.8
−0.19+0.29
−0.32
BH
39.0+14.7
−8.2
BH
28.4+9.3
−8.8
BH
65+18
−10
0.63+0.11
−0.15
GW190517_055101
2019-05-17
06:54:16
2020-10-27
470
10.7+0.4
−0.6
1860+1620
−840
26.6+4.0
−4.0
0.52+0.19
−0.19
BH
37.4+11.7
−7.6
BH
25.3+7.0
−7.3
BH
59.3+9.1
−8.9
0.87+0.05
−0.07
Originally designated S190517h.
GW190519_153544
2019-05-19
15:35:44
2020-10-27
860
15.6+0.2
−0.3
2530+1830
−920
44.5+6.4
−7.1
0.31+0.20
−0.22
BH
66+11
−12
BH
41+11
−11
BH
101+12
−14
0.79+0.07
−0.13
Originally designated S190519bj.
GW190521
2019-05-21
03:02:29
2020-09-02
765; towards Coma Berenices, Canes Venatici, or Phoenix
14.2+0.3
−0.3
5300+2400
−2600
7.6+2.2
−1.9
64+13
−8
0.08+0.27
−0.36
BH
85+21
−14
BH
66+17
−18
BH
142+28
−16
0.72+0.09
−0.12
Originally designated S190521g. Largest progenitor masses to date.
GW190521_074359
2019-05-21
07:43:59
2020-10-27
550
25.8+0.1
−0.2
1240+400
−570
32.1+3.2
−2.5
0.09+0.10
−0.13
BH
42.2+5.9
−4.8
BH
32.8+5.4
−6.4
BH
71.0+6.5
−4.4
0.72+0.05
−0.07
Originally designated S190521r.
GW190527_092055
2019-05-27
09:20:55
2020-10-27
3700
8.1+0.3
−0.9
2500+2500
−1200
24.3+9.2
−4.1
0.11+0.28
−0.28
BH
36.5+16.4
−9.0
BH
22.6+10.5
−8.1
BH
56.4+20.2
−9.3
0.71+0.12
−0.16
GW190602_175927
2019-06-02
17:59:27
2020-10-27
690
12.8+0.2
−0.3
2700+1800
−1100
49.1+9.1
−8.5
0.07+0.25
−0.24
BH
69+16
−13
BH
48+14
−17
BH
111+18
−15
0.70+0.10
−0.14
Originally designated S190602aq.
GW190620_030421
2019-06-20
03:04:21
2020-10-27
7200
12.1+0.3
−0.4
2800+1700
−1300
38.3+8.3
−6.5
0.33+0.22
−0.25
BH
57+16
−13
BH
36+12
−12
BH
87+17
−12
0.79+0.08
−0.15
GW190630_185205
2019-06-30
18:52:05
2020-10-27
1200
15.6+0.2
−0.3
890+560
−370
24.9+2.1
−2.1
0.10+0.12
−0.13
BH
35.1+6.9
−5.6
BH
23.7+5.2
−5.1
BH
56.4+4.4
−4.6
0.70+0.05
−0.07
Originally designated S190630ag.
GW190701_203306
2019-07-01
20:33:06
2020-10-27
46; towards Eridanus or Cetus
11.3+0.2
−0.3
2060+760
−730
40.3+5.4
−4.9
−0.07+0.23
−0.29
BH
53.9+11.8
−8.0
BH
40.8+8.7
−12.0
BH
90.2+11.3
−8.9
0.66+0.09
−0.13
Originally designated S190701ah.
GW190706_222641
2019-07-06
22:26:41
2020-10-27
650
12.6+0.2
−0.4
4400+2600
−1900
42.7+10.0
−7.0
0.28+0.26
−0.29
BH
67+15
−16
BH
38+15
−13
BH
99+18
−14
0.78+0.09
−0.18
Originally designated S190706ai.
GW190707_093326
2019-07-07
09:33:26
2020-10-27
1300
13.3+0.2
−0.4
770+380
−270
8.5+0.7
−0.6
−0.05+0.10
−0.08
BH
11.6+3.3
−1.7
BH
8.4+1.4
−1.7
BH
19.2+1.9
−1.3
0.66+0.03
−0.04
Originally designated S190707q.
GW190708_232457
2019-07-08
23:24:57
2020-10-27
14000
13.1+0.2
−0.3
880+330
−390
13.2+0.9
−0.6
0.02+0.08
−0.10
BH
17.6+4.7
−2.3
BH
13.2+2.0
−2.7
BH
29.5+2.5
−1.8
0.69+0.04
−0.04
GW190719_215514
2019-07-09
21:55:14
2020-10-27
2900
8.3+0.3
−0.8
3900+2600
−2000
23.5+6.5
−4.0
0.32+0.29
−0.31
BH
37+18
−10
BH
20.8+9.0
−7.2
BH
55+17
−10
0.78+0.11
−0.17
GW190720_000836
2019-07-20
00:08:36
2020-10-27
460; mostly towards Cygnus
11.0+0.3
−0.7
790+690
−320
8.9+0.5
−0.8
0.18+0.14
−0.12
BH
13.4+6.7
−3.0
BH
7.8+2.3
−2.2
BH
20.4+4.5
−2.2
0.72+0.06
−0.05
Originally designated S190720a.
GW190725_174728
2019-07-25
17:47:28
2022-05-11
2200
9.1+0.4
−0.7
1030+520
−430
7.4±0.5
−0.04+0.36
−0.16
BH
11.8+10.1
−3.0
BH?
6.3+2.1
−2.5
BH
17.6+7.7
−1.8
0.65+0.09
−0.07
GW190727_060333
2019-07-27
06:03:33
2020-10-27
830
11.9+0.3
−0.5
790+690
−320
28.6+5.3
−3.7
0.11+0.26
−0.25
BH
38.0+9.5
−6.2
BH
29.4+7.1
−8.4
BH
63.8+10.9
−7.5
0.73+0.10
−0.10
Originally designated S190727h.
GW190728_064510
2019-07-28
06:45:10
2020-10-27
400
13.0+0.2
−0.4
870+260
−370
8.6+0.5
−0.3
0.12+0.20
−0.07
BH
12.3+7.2
−2.2
BH
8.1+1.7
−2.6
BH
19.6+4.7
−1.3
0.71+0.04
−0.04
Originally designated S190728q.
GW190731_140936
2019-07-31
14:09:36
2020-10-27
3400
8.7+0.2
−0.5
3300+2400
−1700
29.5+7.1
−5.2
0.06+0.24
−0.24
BH
41.5+12.2
−9.0
BH
28.8+9.7
−9.5
BH
67+15
−11
0.70+0.10
−0.13
GW190803_022701
2019-08-03
02:27:01
2020-10-27
1500
8.6+0.3
−0.5
3300+2000
−1600
27.3+5.7
−4.1
−0.03+0.24
−0.27
BH
37.3+10.6
−7.0
BH
27.3+7.8
−8.2
BH
61.7+11.8
−8.5
0.68+0.10
−0.11
GW190805_211137
2019-08-05
21:11:37
2022-05-11
1600
8.1+0.5
−0.7
6100+3700
−3100
31.9+8.8
−6.3
0.37+0.29
−0.39
BH
46+15
−11
BH
31+12
−11
BH
72+18
−13
0.82+0.09
−0.16
GW190814 2019-08-14 21:11:18 2020-06-23
18.5; towards Cetus or Sculptor[citation needed]
24.9+0.1
−0.2
241+41
−45
6.09+0.06
−0.06
−0.002+0.06
−0.061
BH
23.2+1.1
−1.0
MG
2.59+0.08
−0.09
BH
25.6+1.1
−0.9
0.28+0.02
−0.02
No optical counterpart was discovered despite an extensive search of the probability region. The mass of the lighter component is estimated to be 2.6 times the mass of the Sun, placing it in the mass gap between neutron stars and black holes.
GW190828_063405
2019-08-28
06:34:05
2020-10-27
520
16.2+0.2
−0.3
2130+660
−930
25.0+3.4
−2.1
0.19+0.15
−0.16
BH
32.1+5.8
−4.0
BH
26.2+4.6
−4.8
BH
54.9+7.2
−4.3
0.75+0.06
−0.07
Originally designated S190828j.
GW190828_065509
2019-08-28
06:55:09
2020-10-27
660
10.0+0.3
−0.5
1600+620
−600
13.3+1.2
−1.0
0.08+0.16
−0.16
BH
24.1+7.0
−7.2
BH
10.2+3.6
−2.1
BH
33.1+5.5
−4.5
0.65+0.08
−0.08
Originally designated S190828l.
GW190909_114149
2019-09-09
11:41:49
2020-10-27
4700
8.1+0.4
−0.6
3800+3300
−2200
30.9+17.2
−7.5
−0.06+0.37
−0.37
BH
46+53
−13
BH
28+13
−13
BH
72+55
−17
0.66+0.15
−0.20
GW190910_112807
2019-09-10
11:28:07
2020-10-27
11000
14.1+0.2
−0.3
1460+1030
−580
34.3+4.1
−4.1
0.02+0.18
−0.18
BH
43.9+7.6
−6.1
BH
35.6+6.3
−7.2
BH
75.8+8.5
−8.6
0.70+0.08
−0.07
GW190915_235702
2019-09-15
23:57:02
2020-10-27
400; towards Coma Berenices, Canes Venatici, or Ursa Major
13.6+0.2
−0.3
1620+710
−610
25.3+3.2
−2.7
0.02+0.20
−0.25
BH
35.3+9.5
−6.4
BH
24.4+5.6
−6.1
BH
57.2+7.1
−6.0
0.70+0.09
−0.11
Originally designated S230915ak.
GW190916_200658
2019-09-16
20:06:58
2022-05-11
2400
8.1+0.3
−0.5
4900+3700
−2400
26.9+8.2
−5.4
0.20+0.33
−0.31
BH
44+20
−13
BH
23+13
−11
BH
65+17
−13
0.74+0.13
−0.24
GW190917_114630
2019-09-17
11:46:30
2022-05-11
1700
8.3+0.5
−0.8
720+300
−310
3.7±0.2
−0.08+0.21
−0.43
BH
9.7+3.4
−3.9
MG?
2.1+1.1
−0.4
BH
11.6+3.1
−2.9
0.42+0.14
−0.05
GW190924_021846
2019-09-24
02:18:46
2020-10-27
360; towards Hydra or Cancer
11.5+0.3
−0.4
570+220
−220
5.8+0.2
−0.2
0.03+0.30
−0.09
BH
8.9+7.0
−2.0
BH?
5.0+1.4
−1.9
BH
13.3+5.2
−1.0
0.67+0.05
−0.05
The secondary component, being between 3.1 and 6.4 solar masses, is either a black hole or an object in the mass gap. Originally designated S230924h.
GW190925_232845
2019-09-25
23:28:45
2022-05-11
2900
9.7+0.3
−0.6
930+460
−350
15.6±1.1
0.09+0.16
−0.15
BH
20.8+6.5
−2.9
BH
15.5+2.5
−3.6
BH
34.9+3.5
−2.6
0.71±0.06
GW190926_050336
2019-09-26
05:03:36
2022-05-11
2000
8.1+0.6
−0.8
3300+3400
−1700
24.4+9.0
−4.9
−0.02+0.25
−0.32
BH
41+21
−13
BH
20.4+11.4
−8.2
BH
60+22
−12
0.64+0.14
−0.20
GW190929_012149
2019-09-29
01:21:49
2020-10-27
2200
10.1+0.6
−0.8
2100+3700
−1100
35.8+14.9
−8.2
0.01+0.34
−0.33
BH
81+33
−33
BH
24+19
−11
BH
102+34
−25
0.66+0.20
−0.31
GW190930_133541
2019-09-30
13:35:41
2020-10-27
1700
9.5+0.3
−0.5
760+360
−320
8.5+0.5
−0.5
0.14+0.31
−0.15
BH
12.3+12.4
−2.3
BH?
7.8+1.7
−3.3
BH
19.4+9.2
−1.5
0.72+0.07
−0.06
The secondary component, being between 4.5 and 9.5 solar masses, is either a black hole or an object in the mass gap. Originally designated S190930s.
GW191103
2019-11-03 01:25:49
2021-11-17
2500
8.9+0.3
−0.5
990+500
−470
8.34+0.66
−0.57
0.21+0.16
−0.10
BH
11.8+6.2
−2.2
BH
7.9+1.7
−2.4
BH
19.0+3.8
−1.7
0.75+0.06
−0.05
GW191105
2019-11-05 14:35:21
2021-11-17
640
9.7+0.3
−0.5
1150+430
−480
7.82+0.61
−0.45
−0.02+0.13
−0.09
BH
10.7+3.7
−1.6
BH
7.7+1.4
−1.9
BH
17.6+2.1
−1.2
0.67+0.04
−0.05
Originally designated S191105e.
GW191109
2019-11-09 01:07:17
2021-11-17
1600
17.3+0.5
−0.5
1290+1130
−650
47.5+9.6
−7.5
−0.29+0.42
−0.31
BH
65+11
−11
BH
47+15
−13
BH
107+18
−15
0.61+0.18
−0.19
Originally designated S191109d.
GW191113
2019-11-13 07:17:53
2021-11-17
3600
7.9+0.5
−1.1
1290+1130
−650
10.7+1.1
−1.0
0.00+0.37
−0.29
BH
29+12
−14
BH
5.9+4.4
−1.3
BH
34+11
−10
0.45+0.33
−0.11
GW191126
2019-11-26 11:52:59
2021-11-17
1400
8.3+0.2
−0.5
1620+740
−740
8.65+0.95
−0.71
0.21+0.15
−0.11
BH
12.1+5.5
−2.2
BH
8.3+1.9
−2.4
BH
19.6+3.5
−2.0
0.75+0.06
−0.05
GW191127
2019-11-27 05:02:27
2021-11-17
980
9.2+0.7
−0.6
3400+3100
−1900
29.9+11.7
−9.1
0.18+0.34
−0.36
BH
53+47
−20
BH
24+17
−14
BH
76+31
−29
0.75+0.13
−0.29
GW191129
2019-11-29 13:40:29
2021-11-17
850
13.1+0.2
−0.3
790+260
−330
7.31+0.43
−0.28
0.06+0.18
−0.06
BH
10.7+4.1
−2.1
BH
6.7+1.5
−1.7
BH
16.8+2.5
−1.2
0.69+0.03
−0.05
Originally designated S191129u.
GW191204_110529
2019-12-04 11:05:29
2021-11-17
3700
8.8+0.4
−0.6
1800+1700
−1100
19.8+3.6
−3.3
0.05+0.26
−0.27
BH
27.3+11.0
−6.0
BH
19.3+5.6
−6.0
BH
45.0+8.6
−7.6
0.71+0.12
−0.11
GW191204_171526
2019-12-04 17:15:26
2021-11-17
350; towards Pictor, Caelum, or Eridanus
17.5+0.2
−0.2
650+190
−250
8.55+0.38
−0.27
0.16+0.08
−0.05
BH
11.9+3.3
−1.8
BH
8.2+1.4
−1.6
BH
19.21+1.79
−0.95
0.73+0.03
−0.03
Originally designated S191204r.
GW191215
2019-12-15 22:30:52
2021-11-17
530
11.2+0.3
−0.4
1930+890
−860
18.4+2.2
−1.7
−0.04+0.17
−0.21
BH
24.9+7.1
−4.1
BH
18.1+3.8
−4.1
BH
41.4+5.1
−4.1
0.68+0.07
−0.07
Originally designated S191215w.
GW191216
2019-12-16 21:33:38
2021-11-17
490
18.6+0.2
−0.2
340+120
−130
8.33+0.22
−0.19
0.11+0.13
−0.06
BH
12.1+4.6
−2.3
BH
7.7+1.6
−1.9
BH
18.87+2.80
−0.94
0.70+0.03
−0.04
Originally designated S191216ap.
GW191219
2019-12-19 16:31:20
2021-11-17
1500
9.1+0.5
−0.8
550+250
−160
4.32+0.12
−0.17
0.00+0.07
−0.09
BH
31.1+2.2
−2.8
NS
1.17+0.07
−0.06
BH
32.2+2.2
−2.7
0.14+0.06
−0.06
The event is unconfirmed due to difficulty accurately modelling the extreme mass ratio.
GW191222
2019-12-22 03:35:37
2021-11-17
2000
12.5+0.2
−0.3
3000+1700
−1700
33.8+7.1
−5.0
−0.04+0.20
−0.25
BH
45.1+10.9
−8.0
BH
34.7+9.3
−10.5
BH
75.5+15.3
−9.9
0.67+0.08
−0.11
Originally designated S191222n.
GW191230
2019-12-30 18:04:58
2021-11-17
1100
10.4+0.3
−0.4
4300+2100
−1900
36.5+8.2
−5.6
−0.05+0.26
−0.31
BH
49.4+14.0
−9.6
BH
37+11
−12
BH
82+17
−11
0.68+0.11
−0.13
GW200105
2020-01-05 16:24:26
2021-06-29
7200
13.7+0.2
−0.4
280±110
3.41+0.08
−0.07
−0.01+0.11
−0.15
BH
8.9+1.2
−1.5
NS
1.9+0.3
−0.2
BH
10.4+2.7
−2.0
0.43+0.04
−0.03
First event confirmed to be a black hole and neutron star merger. Originally designated S200105ae.
GW200112
2020-01-12 15:58:38
2021-11-17
4300
19.8+0.1
−0.2
1250+430
−460
27.4+2.6
−2.1
0.06+0.15
−0.15
BH
35.6+6.7
−4.5
BH
28.3+4.4
−5.9
BH
60.8+5.3
−4.3
0.71+0.06
−0.06
Originally designated S200112r.
GW200114
2020-01-14 02:08:08
2022-08-18
403; towards Gemini, Orion, or Eridanus
1250+1500
−400
68+6
−4
−0.75+0.50
−0.15
BH
78+10
−10
BH
70+10
−10
BH
140+15
−15
Originally designated S200114f. The event was initially published as an unmodeled gravitational wave burst, and different studies have offered conflicting interpretations. One study suggested it was a nearby high-mass black hole merger with component masses of 118+10
−12
and 89+18
−8
Msun which was poorly modeled because of its high mass. Another study interpreted it as a somewhat smaller black hole merger taking place at the same time as a detector glitch. Both studies conclude the signal is most likely a real event, and the latter model is included in the table.
GW200115
2020-01-15 04:23:09
2021-06-29
600
11.3+0.3
−0.5
300+150
−100
2.42+0.05
−0.07
−0.19+0.23
−0.35
BH
5.7+1.8
−2.1
NS
1.5+0.7
−0.3
BH
7.8+1.4
−1.6
0.38+0.04
−0.03
Second event confirmed to be a black hole and neutron star merger. Originally designated S200115j.
GW200128
2020-01-28 02:20:11
2021-11-17
2600
10.6+0.3
−0.4
3400+2100
−1800
32.0+7.5
−5.5
0.12+0.24
−0.25
BH
42.2+11.6
−8.1
BH
32.6+9.5
−9.2
BH
71+16
−11
0.74+0.10
−0.10
Originally designated S200128d.
GW200129
2020-01-29 06:54:58
2021-11-17
130; towards Equuleus, Delphinus, or Vulpecula
26.8+0.2
−0.2
900+290
−380
27.2+2.1
−2.3
0.11+0.11
−0.16
BH
34.5+9.9
−3.2
BH
28.9+3.4
−9.3
BH
60.3+4.0
−3.3
0.73+0.06
−0.05
Originally designated S200129m.
GW200202
2020-02-02 15:43:12
2021-11-17
170
10.8+0.2
−0.4
410+150
−160
7.49+0.24
−0.20
0.04+0.13
−0.06
BH
10.1+3.5
−1.4
BH
7.3+1.1
−1.7
BH
16.76+1.87
−0.66
0.69+0.03
−0.04
GW200208_130117
2020-02-08 13:01:17
2021-11-17
30; towards Pyxis or Antlia
10.8+0.3
−0.4
2230+1000
−850
27.7+3.6
−3.1
−0.07+0.22
−0.27
BH
37.8+9.2
−8.2
BH
27.5+6.1
−7.4
BH
62.5+7.3
−6.4
0.66+0.09
−0.13
Originally designated S200208q.
GW200208_222617
2020-02-08 22:26:17
2021-11-17
2000
7.4+1.4
−1.2
4100+4400
−1900
19.6+10.7
−5.1
0.45+0.43
−0.44
BH
51+104
−30
BH
12.3+9.0
−5.7
BH
61+100
−25
0.83+0.14
−0.27
GW200209
2020-02-09 08:54:52
2021-11-17
730
9.6+0.4
−0.5
3400+1900
−1800
26.7+6.0
−4.2
−0.12+0.24
−0.30
BH
35.6+10.5
−6.8
BH
27.1+7.8
−7.8
BH
59.9+13.1
−8.9
0.66+0.10
−0.12
GW200210
2020-02-10 09:22:54
2021-11-17
1800
8.4+0.5
−0.7
940+430
−340
6.56+0.38
−0.40
0.02+0.22
−0.21
BH
24.1+7.5
−4.6
MG
2.83+0.47
−0.42
BH
26.7+7.2
−4.3
0.34+0.13
−0.08
The secondary component, being between 2.41 and 3.30 solar masses, is an object in the mass gap.
GW200216
2020-02-16 22:08:04
2021-11-17
2900
8.1+0.4
−0.5
3800+3000
−2000
32.9+9.3
−8.5
0.10+0.34
−0.36
BH
51+22
−13
BH
30+14
−16
BH
78+19
−13
0.70+0.14
−0.24
GW200219
2020-02-19 09:44:15
2021-11-17
700
10.7+0.3
−0.5
3400+1700
−1500
27.6+5.6
−3.8
−0.08+0.23
−0.29
BH
37.5+10.1
−6.9
BH
27.9+7.4
−8.4
BH
62.2+11.7
−7.8
0.66+0.10
−0.13
Originally designated S200219ac.
GW200220_061928
2020-02-20 06:19:28
2021-11-17
3000
7.2+0.4
−0.7
6000+4800
−3100
62+23
−15
0.06+0.40
−0.38
BH
87+40
−23
BH
61+26
−25
BH
141+51
−31
0.71+0.15
−0.17
GW200220_124850
2020-02-20 12:48:50
2021-11-17
3200
8.5+0.3
−0.5
4000+2800
−2200
28.2+7.3
−5.1
−0.07+0.27
−0.33
BH
38.9+14.1
−8.6
BH
27.9+9.2
−9.0
BH
64+16
−11
0.67+0.11
−0.14
GW200224
2020-02-24 22:22:34
2021-11-17
50; towards Virgo or Crater
20.0+0.2
−0.2
1710+490
−640
31.1+3.2
−2.6
0.10+0.15
−0.15
BH
40.0+6.9
−4.5
BH
32.5+5.0
−7.2
BH
68.6+6.6
−4.7
0.73+0.07
−0.07
Originally designated S200224ca.
GW200225
2020-02-25 06:04:21
2021-11-17
370; towards Ursa Minor or Cepheus
12.5+0.3
−0.4
1150+510
−530
14.2+1.5
−1.4
−0.12+0.17
−0.28
BH
19.3+5.0
−3.0
BH
14.0+2.8
−3.5
BH
32.1+3.5
−2.8
0.66+0.07
−0.13
Originally designated S200225q.
GW200302
2020-03-02 01:58:11
2021-11-17
6000
10.8+0.3
−0.4
1480+1020
−700
23.4+4.7
−3.0
0.01+0.25
−0.26
BH
37.8+8.7
−8.5
BH
20.0+8.1
−5.7
BH
55.5+8.9
−8.6
0.66+0.13
−0.15
Originally designated S200302c.
GW200306
2020-03-06 09:37:14
2021-11-17
4600
7.8+0.4
−0.6
2100+1700
−1100
17.5+3.5
−3.0
0.32+0.28
−0.46
BH
28.3+17.1
−7.7
BH
14.8+6.5
−6.4
BH
41.7+12.3
−6.9
0.78+0.11
−0.26
GW200308
2020-03-08 17:36:09
2021-11-17
2000
7.1+0.5
−0.5
5400+2700
−2600
19.0+4.8
−2.8
0.65+0.21
−0.17
BH
36.4+11.2
−9.6
BH
13.8+7.2
−3.3
BH
47.4+11.1
−7.7
0.91+0.03
−0.08
GW200311
2020-03-11 11:58:53
2021-11-17
35; towards Cetus
17.8+0.2
−0.2
1170+280
−400
26.6+2.4
−2.0
−0.02+0.16
−0.20
BH
34.2+6.4
−3.8
BH
27.7+4.1
−5.9
BH
59.0+4.8
−3.9
0.69+0.07
−0.08
Originally designated S200311bg.
GW200316
2020-03-16 21:57:56
2021-11-17
190
10.3+0.4
−0.7
1120+470
−440
8.75+0.62
−0.55
0.13+0.27
−0.10
BH
13.1+10.2
−2.9
BH
7.8+1.9
−2.9
BH
20.2+7.4
−1.9
0.70+0.04
−0.04
Originally designated S200316bj.
GW200322
2020-03-22 09:11:33
2021-11-17
6500
6.0+1.7
−1.2
3600+7000
−2000
15.5+15.7
−3.7
0.24+0.45
−0.51
BH
34+48
−18
BH
14.0+16.8
−8.7
BH
53+38
−26
0.78+0.16
−0.17
GW230518
2023-05-18 12:59:08
2025-08-25
490
14.2+0.2
−0.4
237+108
−98
2.80±0.06
−0.01+0.09
−0.11
BH
8.17+0.84
−0.92
NS
1.45+0.13
−0.10
BH
9.46+0.76
−0.80
0.38±0.03
Originally designated S230518h.
GW230529

2023-05-29 18:15:00

2024-04-05
24000
11.6+0.3
−0.4
201+103
−96
1.94+0.04
−0.04
−0.1+0.12
−0.18
MG
3.66+0.82
−1.21
NS
1.42+0.60
−0.22
BH?
4.92+0.62
−0.63
0.58+0.08
−0.06
Originally designated S230529ay. Was detected using only the LIGO Livingston detector. It provides strong support for the primary object to be within the mass gap.
GW230601

2023-06-01 22:41:34

2025-08-25
3300
12.3+0.2
−0.3
600+280
−260
45.0+10.0
−7.3
−0.03+0.27
−0.32
BH
64+17
−13
BH
44+14
−15
BH
102+21
−14
0.67+0.12
−0.13
Originally designated S230601bf.
GW230605

2023-06-05 06:53:43

2025-08-25
1000
10.5+0.3
−0.4
1100+600
−500
11.9+1.0
−0.9
0.06+0.16
−0.10
BH
17.2+6.5
−3.5
BH
11.1+2.5
−2.7
BH
27.3+4.1
−2.7
0.69±0.05
Originally designated S230605o.
GW230606

2023-06-06 00:43:05

2025-08-25
1400
10.3+0.3
−0.4
2700+1500
−1400
26.5+5.7
−3.6
−0.10±0.30
BH
37.6+13.4
−7.6
BH
25.8+8.1
−8.3
BH
60.7+12.8
−7.9
0.64+0.11
−0.14
Originally designated S230606d.
GW230608

2023-06-08 20:50:47

2025-08-25
2200
9.8+0.3
−0.5
3500+2200
−1700
32.8+7.3
−5.4
−0.04+0.25
−0.26
BH
48+13
−11
BH
31+11
−10
BH
75+15
−11
0.69+0.11
−0.14
Originally designated S230608as.
GW230609

2023-06-09 06:49:58

2025-08-25
1700
9.8+0.3
−0.5
3400+1900
−1700
25.5+5.8
−3.6
−0.10+0.20
−0.30
BH
35.3+10.7
−6.9
BH
25.2±7.5
BH
57.8+12.2
−7.7
0.64+0.09
−0.13
Originally designated S230609u.
GW230624

2023-06-24 11:31:03

2025-08-25
1300
9.7+0.4
−0.5
1900+1300
−1000
18.0+3.2
−2.4
0.20±0.30
BH
27.2+13.4
−6.9
BH
16.1+4.8
−4.5
BH
41.8+10.7
−6.3
0.72+0.12
−0.11
Originally designated S230624av.
GW230627

2023-06-27 01:53:37

2025-08-25
110
28.5±0.1
310+60
−130
6.02+0.16
−0.07
0.02+0.08
−0.03
BH
8.37+1.67
−1.26
BH
5.79+0.95
−0.92
BH
13.5+0.8
−0.5
0.68+0.02
−0.03
Originally designated S230627c.
GW230628

2023-06-28 23:12:00

2025-08-25
660
15.5+0.2
−0.3
2300+800
−1100
25.5+3.8
−2.2
−0.01±0.16
BH
32.5+5.9
−3.9
BH
27.1+4.9
−5.2
BH
56.5+8.1
−4.6
0.69+0.08
−0.06
Originally designated S230628ax.
GW230630_125806

2023-06-30 12:58:06

2025-08-25
4300
8.1+0.4
−0.5
5400+5100
−3000
35.0+11.4
−8.5
0.20±0.30
BH
51+20
−14
BH
33+15
−13
BH
80+25
−18
0.75+0.11
−0.16
Originally designated S230630am.
GW230630_234532

2023-06-30 23:45:32

2025-08-25
1500
9.4+0.3
−0.5
1100±500
7.06+0.57
−0.48
−0.04+0.16
−0.08
BH
10.0+3.5
−1.8
BH
6.64+1.46
−1.59
BH
16.1+2.1
−1.4
0.66+0.04
−0.05
Originally designated S230630bq.
GW230702

2023-07-02 18:54:53

2025-08-25
2500
9.5+0.3
−0.5
2400+1900
−1100
22.9+4.0
−3.5
0.05+0.29
−0.26
BH
40+20
−13
BH
18.0+8.5
−6.5
BH
57+15
−11
0.64+0.13
−0.15
Originally designated S230702an.
GW230704_021211

2023-07-04 02:12:11

2025-08-25
1500
9.0+0.3
−0.5
2700+1800
−1500
21.8+4.4
−3.2
−0.01+0.21
−0.24
BH
32.4+11.9
−7.9
BH
19.9+6.5
−6.0
BH
50.5+10.6
−7.9
0.66+0.10
−0.13
Originally designated S230704f.
GW230704_212616

2023-07-04 21:26:16

2025-08-25
7400
8.0+1.0
−1.0
7200+6100
−4200
55+23
−14
0.30+0.30
−0.40
BH
89+42
−27
BH
49+30
−25
BH
132+47
−30
0.77+0.12
−0.19
Originally designated S230704bd.
GW230706

2023-07-06 10:43:33

2025-08-25
1500
9.0+0.3
−0.5
1900+900
−1000
11.8+1.7
−1.1
0.20±0.10
BH
16.3+5.4
−3.0
BH
11.5+2.6
−2.7
BH
26.5+4.3
−2.8
0.75+0.07
−0.06
Originally designated S230706ah.
GW230707

2023-07-07 12:40:47

2025-08-25
3200
10.6+0.2
−0.4
4500±2300
35.1+8.6
−5.3
−0.05+0.25
−0.29
BH
46.1+12.2
−8.2
BH
36.4+10.6
−9.8
BH
78+18
−11
0.68+0.09
−0.10
Originally designated S230707ai.
GW230708_053705

2023-07-08 05:37:05

2025-08-25
1900
8.3+0.4
−0.6
3300+2000
−1700
22.2+4.4
−3.3
0.07+0.23
−0.24
BH
29.1+8.2
−5.4
BH
22.8+5.5
−5.4
BH
49.4+9.7
−7.2
0.72±0.09
Originally designated S230708t.
GW230708_230935

2023-07-08 23:09:35

2025-08-25
2600
9.2+0.3
−0.5
3500+2300
−1600
42.5+9.7
−7.8
0.01+0.27
−0.30
BH
64+20
−15
BH
39+14
−15
BH
98+20
−15
0.67+0.12
−0.16
Originally designated S230708cf.
GW230709

2023-07-09 12:27:27

2025-08-25
3600
8.5+0.3
−0.5
4600+3500
−2400
31.0+9.4
−6.6
0.08+0.30
−0.31
BH
45+16
−11
BH
30±13
BH
71+19
−13
0.71+0.12
−0.15
Originally designated S230709bi.
GW230712

2023-07-12 09:04:05

2025-08-25
1400
8.0±1.0
2000+2600
−1000
16.5+11.1
−3.2
−0.03+0.35
−0.31
BH
32+17
−10
BH
13.1+14.6
−5.9
BH
45+20
−11
0.66+0.17
−0.22
Originally designated S230712aj.
GW230723

2023-07-23 10:18:34

2025-08-25
1100
9.7+0.3
−0.5
1600+700
−900
11.4+1.6
−0.9
−0.20±0.20
BH
16.7+5.9
−3.4
BH
10.6±2.8
BH
26.4+4.2
−2.6
0.61+0.09
−0.08
Originally designated S230723ac.
GW230726

2023-07-26 00:29:40

2025-08-25
28000
10.2+0.2
−0.4
2000+1200
−1000
27.3+4.4
−3.4
−0.02+0.21
−0.23
BH
35.6+9.0
−5.9
BH
27.9±6.0
BH
60.6+9.7
−7.4
0.69±0.08
Originally designated S230726a.
GW230729

2023-07-29 08:23:17

2025-08-25
2200
8.2+0.3
−0.6
1600±800
8.33+0.94
−0.75
0.10+0.20
−0.10
BH
12.3+7.6
−2.7
BH
7.62+2.12
−2.63
BH
19.4+5.1
−2.4
0.71±0.06
Originally designated S230729z.
GW230731

2023-07-31 21:53:07

2025-08-25
710
11.9+0.2
−0.3
1100+300
−500
7.77+0.58
−0.36
−0.05+0.11
−0.06
BH
10.4+2.9
−1.4
BH
7.80+1.24
−1.64
BH
17.4+1.6
−1.0
0.67+0.04
−0.03
Originally designated S230731an.
GW230803

2023-08-03 03:34:12

2025-08-25
4100
7.7+0.4
−0.6
4900+4000
−2600
30.5+9.3
−6.7
0.06+0.29
−0.31
BH
45+19
−12
BH
28+12
−10
BH
70+21
−15
0.71+0.12
−0.14
Originally designated S230803d.
GW230805

2023-08-05 03:42:49

2025-08-25
2400
9.0+0.3
−0.5
3500+2600
−1700
23.1+5.9
−4.2
0.06+0.27
−0.28
BH
32.1+12.5
−7.3
BH
22.6+7.8
−7.5
BH
52.4+13.0
−9.2
0.71+0.11
−0.12
Originally designated S230805x.
GW230806

2023-08-06 20:40:41

2025-08-25
4600
8.5+0.3
−0.5
5500+3700
−2900
35.8+10.7
−6.9
0.08+0.28
−0.27
BH
51+18
−12
BH
35+14
−13
BH
81+23
−15
0.71+0.11
−0.13
Originally designated S230806ak.
GW230811

2023-08-11 03:21:16

2025-08-25
940
12.8+0.3
−0.4
2100+1200
−1100
24.0+4.1
−2.4
0.02±0.18
BH
35.6+8.7
−7.5
BH
22.1+6.7
−5.1
BH
55.3+8.3
−6.4
0.69±0.09
Originally designated S230811n.
GW230814_061920

2023-08-14 06:19:20

2025-08-25
5200
9.4+0.3
−0.5
4000+3400
−2000
45.5+11.9
−9.9
0.05+0.29
−0.28
BH
69+19
−17
BH
42+17
−16
BH
105+24
−19
0.69+0.12
−0.14
Originally designated S230814r.
GW230814_230901

2023-08-14 23:09:01

2025-08-25
26000
42.1±0.1
280+170
−130
26.7+0.9
−1.0
−0.01+0.06
−0.08
BH
33.6+2.8
−2.2
BH
28.3+2.1
−3.0
BH
58.9±1.9
0.68+0.02
−0.03
Originally designated S230814ah.
GW230819

2023-08-19 17:19:10

2025-08-25
4800
8.9+0.4
−0.5
4000+3900
−2200
42+14
−11
−0.04+0.36
−0.43
BH
70+47
−21
BH
35+20
−19
BH
102+41
−22
0.64+0.19
−0.25
Originally designated S230819ax.
GW230820

2023-08-20 21:25:15

2025-08-25
2100
8.4+0.4
−0.5
4000+3000
−2100
38.6+11.2
−9.8
0.20±0.30
BH
62+23
−15
BH
34±18
BH
92+21
−16
0.74+0.12
−0.25
Originally designated S230820bq.
GW230824

2023-08-24 03:30:47

2025-08-25
3700
10.0+0.2
−0.4
4700+2900
−2300
37.0+9.1
−6.3
0.00+0.23
−0.27
BH
52+16
−12
BH
36+12
−13
BH
84+19
−13
0.68+0.10
−0.13
Originally designated S230824r.
GW230825

2023-08-25 04:13:34

2025-08-25
3400
8.1+0.5
−0.6
4900+4200
−2900
29.4+9.4
−6.3
0.30+0.20
−0.30
BH
43+17
−12
BH
27.3+11.9
−8.9
BH
67+20
−15
0.79+0.08
−0.15
Originally designated S230825k.
GW230831

2023-08-31 01:54:14

2025-08-25
4000
8.1+0.3
−0.7
4900+4200
−2900
30.7+10.6
−6.5
0.03±0.30
BH
42+18
−12
BH
30+12
−10
BH
69+24
−14
0.71±0.12
Originally designated S230831e.
GW230904

2023-09-04 05:10:13

2025-08-25
1800
10.2+0.3
−0.5
1000+600
−400
7.54+0.53
−0.60
0.05+0.17
−0.07
BH
10.6+4.1
−1.9
BH
7.12+1.52
−1.88
BH
17.1+2.5
−1.6
0.69±0.04
Originally designated S230904n.
GW230911

2023-09-11 19:53:24

2025-08-25
27000
10.6+0.3
−0.4
1400+1200
−700
23.1+3.4
−3.0
−0.03+0.19
−0.23
BH
33.6+8.1
−7.3
BH
21.7+5.6
−5.7
BH
53.0+7.4
−6.7
0.67+0.09
−0.11
Originally designated S230911ae.
GW230914

2023-09-14 11:14:01

2025-08-25
1900
16.2+0.2
−0.3
2700+1600
−1200
39.6+7.5
−6.2
0.10±0.20
BH
59+12
−11
BH
36+13
−12
BH
90.9+14.0
−9.7
0.71+0.09
−0.14
Originally designated S230914ak.
GW230919

2023-09-19 21:57:12

2025-08-25
730
15.7+0.2
−0.3
1300+800
−500
21.0+1.8
−1.9
0.20±0.10
BH
27.3+5.5
−3.7
BH
21.4+3.5
−4.3
BH
46.5+3.9
−4.3
0.75+0.06
−0.05
Originally designated S230919bj.
GW230920

2023-09-20 07:11:24

2025-08-25
2100
10.1+0.3
−0.4
2900+1800
−1400
23.9+4.6
−3.4
0.00+0.22
−0.23
BH
32.4+9.1
−6.2
BH
23.8+6.6
−6.9
BH
53.9+9.6
−7.6
0.69±0.10
Originally designated S230920al.
GW230922_020344

2023-09-22 02:03:44

2025-08-25
330; towards Piscis Austrinus or Aquarius
11.8+0.3
−0.4
1600±700
29.2+3.6
−2.6
0.03+0.20
−0.21
BH
39.3+10.0
−6.3
BH
29.2+5.6
−6.2
BH
65.4+8.4
−6.1
0.70±0.08
Originally designated S230922g.
GW230922_040658

2023-09-22 04:06:58

2025-08-25
5100
11.4+0.2
−0.4
6400+4100
−3500
52+17
−12
0.30±0.30
BH
76+28
−18
BH
51+23
−24
BH
119+34
−21
0.79+0.08
−0.14
Originally designated S230922q.
GW230924

2023-09-24 12:44:53

2025-08-25
1300
12.9+0.2
−0.3
2400±1000
22.3+3.1
−2.1
0.02±0.18
BH
28.8+5.9
−4.0
BH
23.1±4.4
BH
49.3+6.6
−4.6
0.70+0.07
−0.06
Originally designated S230924an.
GW230927_043729

2023-09-27 04:37:29

2025-08-25
1500
10.5+0.2
−0.4
3300±1700
26.5+5.5
−3.5
0.01+0.20
−0.22
BH
34.9+8.7
−6.1
BH
27.1+7.2
−6.5
BH
58.9+11.9
−7.6
0.69±0.08
Originally designated S230927l.
GW230927_153832

2023-09-27 15:38:32

2025-08-25
330
19.7±0.2
1200+400
−500
16.4+1.4
−0.8
0.03±0.08
BH
21.9+3.7
−2.9
BH
16.5+2.6
−2.5
BH
36.5+3.1
−2.1
0.69+0.04
−0.03
Originally designated S230927be.
GW230928

2023-09-28 21:58:27

2025-08-25
3700
8.9+0.4
−0.6
5000+3900
−2500
33.6+9.9
−7.5
0.40+0.20
−0.30
BH
54+19
−15
BH
29+14
−11
BH
79+21
−17
0.83+0.07
−0.15
Originally designated S230928cb.
GW230930

2023-09-30 11:07:30

2025-08-25
3300
8.0+0.3
−0.5
4900+3200
−2500
24.9+6.3
−4.2
0.03+0.26
−0.27
BH
34.4+12.9
−7.8
BH
24.4+8.3
−7.4
BH
56.3+14.2
−9.7
0.69+0.10
−0.12
Originally designated S230930al.
GW231001

2023-10-01 14:02:20

2025-08-25
4300
9.6+0.3
−0.5
4400+3800
−2400
46.4+14.3
−9.9
−0.04+0.32
−0.35
BH
75+26
−22
BH
40+18
−16
BH
111+31
−21
0.64+0.15
−0.20
Originally designated S231001aq.
GW231004

2023-10-04 23:23:46

2025-08-25
3500
8.2+0.3
−0.6
4300+3600
−2200
40.1+11.7
−8.5
−0.05+0.30
−0.37
BH
65+24
−19
BH
35+16
−14
BH
96+26
−19
0.64+0.14
−0.19
Originally designated S231004bq.
GW231005_021030

2023-10-05 02:10:30

2025-08-25
5600
9.4+0.3
−0.4
6400+4700
−3300
54+17
−12
0.10+0.35
−0.37
BH
83+31
−22
BH
49+22
−20
BH
126+35
−24
0.72+0.14
−0.17
Originally designated S231005j.
GW231005_091549

2023-10-05 09:15:49

2025-08-25
2900
8.0+0.3
−0.6
3800+2600
−1900
21.3+4.8
−3.5
−0.03+0.23
−0.26
BH
28.8+10.1
−6.1
BH
21.2+6.4
−6.1
BH
48.0+10.8
−7.9
0.68+0.10
−0.11
Originally designated S231005ah.
GW231008

2023-10-08 14:25:21

2025-08-25
3000
8.9+0.4
−0.5
3000+2500
−1300
28.9+6.8
−5.6
−0.01+0.26
−0.28
BH
45+17
−12
BH
25.5+10.7
−9.7
BH
68+15
−13
0.66+0.13
−0.19
Originally designated S231008ap.
GW231014

2023-10-14 04:05:32

2025-08-25
1800
8.7+0.4
−0.5
2300+1400
−1200
15.0+2.7
−1.9
0.20±0.30
BH
20.6+7.8
−4.0
BH
14.7+3.9
−4.3
BH
33.8+6.6
−4.3
0.75+0.10
−0.11
Originally designated S231014r.
GW231018

2023-10-18 23:30:37

2025-08-25
1600
8.2+0.3
−0.6
1500+800
−700
7.90+0.88
−0.68
0.01+0.17
−0.13
BH
11.6+4.9
−2.5
BH
7.23+1.87
−2.00
BH
18.2+3.3
−2.0
0.67+0.05
−0.07
Originally designated S231018by.
GW231020

2023-10-20 14:29:47

2025-08-25
1500
10.5+0.3
−0.4
1200+500
−600
8.06+0.81
−0.53
0.10+0.30
−0.10
BH
12.1+9.1
−2.7
BH
7.30+2.06
−2.85
BH
18.9+6.3
−2.0
0.72+0.06
−0.04
Originally designated S231020ba.
GW231028

2023-10-28 15:30:06

2025-08-25
1300
21.0±0.2
4100+1400
−1900
63+13
−10
0.40±0.20
BH
95+33
−20
BH
58+21
−25
BH
144+27
−14
0.84+0.05
−0.10
Originally designated S231028bg.
GW231029

2023-10-29 11:15:08

2025-08-25
29000
11.2+0.2
−0.3
3100+2400
−1700
44.2+10.5
−8.0
0.10±0.20
BH
65+17
−14
BH
42+15
−16
BH
101+21
−15
0.72+0.10
−0.15
Originally designated S231029y.
GW231102

2023-11-02 07:17:36

2025-08-25
3000
13.3+0.2
−0.3
3800+2100
−1800
43.4+9.3
−6.3
0.06+0.23
−0.22
BH
61+14
−12
BH
43±13
BH
98+19
−12
0.70+0.09
−0.10
Originally designated S231102w.
GW231104

2023-11-04 13:34:18

2025-08-25
1100
11.0+0.2
−0.4
1500+500
−700
8.84+0.87
−0.56
0.10±0.10
BH
12.3+4.5
−2.1
BH
8.56+1.79
−2.16
BH
20.0+2.8
−1.7
0.72+0.05
−0.04
Originally designated S231104ac.
GW231108

2023-11-08 12:51:42

2025-08-25
1000
12.4+0.2
−0.3
2100+700
−900
17.3+2.1
−1.3
−0.08+0.13
−0.15
BH
23.2+5.5
−3.6
BH
17.4+3.2
−3.1
BH
38.8+4.9
−3.2
0.66+0.06
−0.05
Originally designated S231108u.
GW231110

2023-11-10 04:03:20

2025-08-25
800
11.0+0.3
−0.4
1900±900
13.4+1.7
−1.2
0.20±0.10
BH
19.5+5.8
−4.1
BH
12.5+3.1
−2.9
BH
30.6+4.2
−3.3
0.74+0.06
−0.05
Originally designated S231110g.
GW231113_122623

2023-11-13 12:26:23

2025-08-25
2800
7.8+0.4
−0.7
3400+2400
−1700
27.9+6.3
−5.5
0.30+0.20
−0.30
BH
39.7+17.3
−9.6
BH
26.4+9.0
−9.4
BH
63+15
−12
0.81+0.08
−0.16
Originally designated S231113bb.
GW231113_200417

2023-11-13 20:04:17

2025-08-25
1600
10.1+0.3
−0.5
1200+600
−500
8.01+0.68
−0.64
0.10±0.10
BH
11.5+5.1
−2.3
BH
7.41+1.76
−2.00
BH
18.3+3.2
−1.9
0.72+0.06
−0.04
Originally designated S231113bw.
GW231114

2023-11-14 04:32:11

2025-08-25
1700
9.8+0.3
−0.5
1400+900
−600
11.6±1.1
0.08+0.22
−0.16
BH
22.7+9.6
−6.4
BH
8.20+2.56
−2.18
BH
30.0+7.8
−4.8
0.61±0.06
Originally designated S231114n.
GW231118_005626

2023-11-18 00:56:26

2025-08-25
1100
10.5+0.3
−0.5
2200+900
−1000
12.6+1.6
−1.1
0.40±0.10
BH
19.8+6.6
−4.9
BH
10.9+3.3
−2.4
BH
29.3+5.3
−3.6
0.80+0.06
−0.05
Originally designated S231118d.
GW231118_071402

2023-11-18 07:14:02

2025-08-25
3600
8.5+0.3
−0.5
4300+3500
−2200
30.4+7.9
−6.1
0.10±0.30
BH
43+15
−10
BH
30±10
BH
69+17
−13
0.72+0.11
−0.14
Originally designated S231118ab.
GW231118_090602

2023-11-18 09:06:02

2025-08-25
1100
10.9±0.4
1400+500
−600
8.37+0.76
−0.56
0.08+0.36
−0.09
BH
13.1+13.7
−3.3
BH
7.29+2.13
−3.27
BH
19.7+10.6
−2.3
0.70+0.08
−0.04
Originally designated S231118an.
GW231119

2023-11-19 07:52:48

2025-08-25
5900
7.7+0.3
−0.5
6700+5500
−3700
34.4+12.4
−7.8
0.00+0.28
−0.30
BH
49+23
−13
BH
34+15
−13
BH
79+27
−18
0.68+0.11
−0.16
Originally designated S231119u.
GW231123

2023-11-23 13:54:30

2025-07-10
1700
20.7+0.2
−0.3
2200+2000
−1500
137+23
−18
0.30+0.20
−0.40
BH
137+23
−18
BH
101+22
−51
BH
222+27
−42
0.84+0.07
−0.19
Originally designated S231123cg. The most massive black hole merger detected as of July 2025
GW231127

2023-11-27 16:53:00

2025-08-25
4400
8.3+0.3
−0.5
4500+3600
−2500
30.5+9.5
−6.7
0.05+0.30
−0.32
BH
45+18
−12
BH
29±12
BH
71+21
−14
0.69+0.12
−0.17
Originally designated S231127cg.
GW231129

2023-11-29 08:17:45

2025-08-25
3700
7.5+0.4
−0.7
3800+3600
−2100
27.7+7.7
−5.7
0.02+0.27
−0.26
BH
45+15
−12
BH
23.8+10.0
−8.2
BH
66+17
−14
0.67+0.13
−0.16
Originally designated S231129ac.
GW231206_233134

2023-12-06 23:31:34

2025-08-25
2400
11.0+0.3
−0.4
3200±1800
27.2+5.9
−3.9
−0.09+0.22
−0.24
BH
35.6+9.1
−6.3
BH
28.1+7.5
−7.1
BH
60.6+12.7
−8.4
0.67+0.09
−0.10
Originally designated S231206ca.
GW231206_233901

2023-12-06 23:39:01

2025-08-25
350
21.0+0.1
−0.2
1500+300
−500
28.1+2.7
−1.7
−0.05+0.14
−0.15
BH
37.6+6.6
−4.6
BH
28.4+5.4
−6.0
BH
63.1+5.0
−3.4
0.67+0.06
−0.07
Originally designated S231206cc.
GW231213

2023-12-13 11:14:17

2025-08-25
2600
9.7+0.2
−0.4
4000+2300
−2000
26.7+6.3
−4.2
0.06+0.24
−0.23
BH
35.5+10.3
−6.7
BH
27.2+8.1
−7.5
BH
59.5+13.4
−8.8
0.71±0.09
Originally designated S231213ap.
GW231221

2023-12-21 13:50:41

2025-08-25
3700
7.8+0.4
−0.6
4600+3700
−2500
30.7+9.5
−6.8
0.01+0.36
−0.38
BH
47+21
−13
BH
28±13
BH
72+20
−15
0.69+0.15
−0.17
Originally designated S231221ax.
GW231223_032836

2023-12-23 03:28:36

2025-08-25
4200
8.8+0.3
−0.5
4200+3100
−2100
31.8+8.6
−7.0
−0.20+0.30
−0.40
BH
46+16
−11
BH
31+12
−14
BH
73+17
−13
0.63+0.13
−0.17
Originally designated S231223j.
GW231223_075055

2023-12-23 07:50:55

2025-08-25
1500
8.8+0.4
−0.6
970+580
−430
7.79+0.58
−0.59
0.06+0.22
−0.12
BH
11.9+6.8
−2.8
BH
6.80+2.00
−2.13
BH
18.1+4.8
−1.9
0.69+0.06
−0.05
Originally designated S231223aa.
GW231223_202619

2023-12-23 20:26:19

2025-08-25
27000
9.8+0.2
−0.4
890+490
−440
8.36+0.66
−0.57
0.10+0.13
−0.11
BH
11.1+3.8
−1.6
BH
8.33+1.36
−1.93
BH
18.7+2.2
−1.5
0.71±0.05
Originally designated S231223bg.
GW231224

2023-12-24 02:43:21

2025-08-25
390
12.9+0.2
−0.3
950+290
−400
7.13+0.48
−0.29
−0.01+0.08
−0.06
BH
9.31+2.20
−1.09
BH
7.30+1.01
−1.33
BH
15.9+1.3
−0.8
0.68+0.04
−0.03
Originally designated S231224e.
GW231226

2023-12-26 10:15:20

2025-08-25
190
33.7±0.1
1200+200
−400
32.4+1.8
−1.4
−0.09+0.09
−0.10
BH
40.1+4.4
−2.9
BH
35.0+3.2
−4.9
BH
71.4+3.8
−2.8
0.67±0.04
Originally designated S231226av.
GW231230

2023-12-30 17:01:16

2025-08-25
6700
7.4+0.4
−0.7
5700+4800
−3200
36.9+14.3
−8.4
−0.20+0.30
−0.40
BH
54+50
−15
BH
35+15
−14
BH
86+47
−19
0.62+0.13
−0.20
Originally designated S231230ar.
GW231231

2023-12-31 15:40:16

2025-08-25
27000
13.1+0.2
−0.3
1100+600
−500
17.1+1.6
−1.4
−0.03±0.12
BH
22.5+5.7
−3.3
BH
17.2+2.9
−3.2
BH
38.1+4.0
−3.2
0.67+0.06
−0.05
Originally designated S231231ag.
GW240104

2024-01-04 16:49:32

2025-08-25
28000
14.1+0.2
−0.3
1900+1000
−1000
31.8+5.1
−3.9
0.09±0.19
BH
42.3+9.4
−6.7
BH
32.1+7.5
−8.0
BH
70.6+10.7
−7.9
0.73±0.08
Originally designated S240104bl.
GW240107

2024-01-07 01:32:15

2025-08-25
4800
8.5+0.4
−0.5
5800+4800
−3200
36.2+14.0
−9.5
0.30+0.30
−0.40
BH
59+27
−18
BH
32+20
−16
BH
87+28
−19
0.79+0.10
−0.19
Originally designated S240107b.
GW240109

2024-01-09 05:04:31

2025-08-25
27000
10.4+0.2
−0.4
1500+1000
−800
19.6+2.7
−2.2
−0.07+0.20
−0.23
BH
28.8+7.5
−6.2
BH
18.1+4.8
−4.1
BH
45.1+6.5
−5.5
0.64±0.09
Originally designated S240109a.
GW250114

2025-01-14 08:22:03

2025-09-10
145; towards Ursa Major, Leo Minor, Leo, or Cancer
80
403+74
−70
28.6±0.5
−0.03+0.03
−0.04
BH
33.6+1.2
−0.8
BH
32.2+0.8
−1.3
BH
62.7+1.0
−1.1
0.68±0.01
Originally designated S250114ax.

Candidate events and marginal detections

There is possible detection of nanohertz waves by observation of the timing of pulsars, but they have not been confirmed at the 5 sigma level of confidence, as of 2023.

Marginal detections from O1 and O2

In addition to well-constrained detections listed above, a number of low-significance detections of possible signals were made by LIGO and Virgo. Their characteristics are listed below, only including detections with a <50% chance of being noise:

Marginal event detections
Candidate
event
Detection
time (UTC)
Date
published
Luminosity
distance
(Mpc)
Detector
False alarm
rate (year)
Effective spin Primary Secondary Probability of terrestrial noise Notes Ref
Type Mass (M) Type Mass (M)
151205 2015-12-05 19:55:25 2019-10-11 3000+2400
−1600
H,L 0.61 0.14+0.40
−0.38
BH
67+28
−17
BH
42+16
−19
0.47
170121 2017-01-21 21:25:36 2019-04-15 H,L −0.3±0.3
BH
29+4
−3
BH
<0.01
170304 2017-03-04 16:37:53 2019-10-11 2300+1600
−1200
H,L 2.5 0.11+0.29
−0.27
BH
44.9+17.6
−9.4
BH
31.8+9.5
−11.6
0.30
170402 2017-04-02 21:51:50 2019-10-21 H,L 0.32
170727 2017-07-27 01:04:30 2019-10-11 2200+1500
−1100
H,L 180 −0.05+0.25
−0.30
BH
41.6+12.8
−7.9
BH
30.4+7.9
−8.2
0.006
170817A 2017-08-17 03:02:46 2019-10-21 H,L,V 11.5 0.5±0.2
BH
56+16
−10
BH
40+10
−11
0.14

Observation candidates from O3/2019

From observation run O3/2019 on, observations are published as Open Public Alerts to facilitate multi-messenger observations of events. Candidate event records can be directly accessed at the Gravitational-Wave Candidate Event Database (GraceDB). On 1 April 2019, the start of the third observation run was announced with a circular published in the public alerts tracker. The first O3/2019 binary black hole detection alert was broadcast on 8 April 2019. A significant percentage of O3 candidate events detected by LIGO are accompanied by corresponding triggers at Virgo.

False alarm rates are mixed, with more than half of events assigned false alarm rates greater than 1 per 20 years, contingent on presence of glitches around signal, foreground electromagnetic instability, seismic activity, and operational status of any one of the three LIGO-Virgo instruments. For instance, events S190421ar and S190425z weren't detected by Virgo and LIGO's Hanford site, respectively.

The LIGO/Virgo collaboration took a short break from observing during the month of October 2019 to improve performance and prepare for future plans, with no signals detected in that month as a result.

The Kamioka Gravitational Wave Detector (KAGRA) in Japan became operational on 25 February 2020, likely improving the detection and localization of future gravitational wave signals. However, KAGRA does not report their signals in real-time on GraceDB as LIGO and Virgo do, so the results of their observation run will likely not be published until the end of O3.

The LIGO-Virgo collaboration ended the O3 run early on March 27, 2020, due to health concerns from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Candidate detections from O3 by month
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
19/04
19/05
19/06
19/07
19/08
19/09
19/10
19/11
19/12
20/01
20/02
20/03
  •   BNS mergers
  •   NS-BH mergers
  •   mass gap
  •   BBH mergers
  •   terrestrial noise
  •   false positives
  •   unidentified
O3 detections by distance
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
<100 Mpc
100-200 Mpc
200-500 Mpc
500-1000 Mpc
1-2 Gpc
2-5 Gpc
5+ Gpc
  •   BNS mergers
  •   NS-BH mergers
  •   mass gap
  •   BBH mergers
List of unconfirmed O3 event alerts
GW event Detection
time (UTC)
Location
area
(deg2)
Luminosity
distance
(Mpc)
Detector
False alarm
Rate (Hz)
False alarm
chance in O3
Classification Notes Ref
NS / NS
NS / BH
BH / BH
Mass gap
Terrestrial
S190901ap 2019-09-01
23:31:01
14753
241±79
L,V 7.0 10−9 0.181 0.861 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.139
S190910d 2019-09-10
01:26:19
2482
632±186
H,L 3.7 10−9 0.100 0.0 0.976 0.0 0.0 0.024
S190910h 2019-09-10
08:29:58
24264
230±88
L 3.6 10−8 0.642 0.612 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.388 Detected by only the Livingston detector, resulting in a bad sky localization.
S190923y 2019-09-23 12:55:59
2107
438±133
H,L 4.8 10−8 0.746 0.0 0.677 0.0 0.0 0.322
S190930t 2019-09-30 14:34:07
24220
108±38
L 1.5 10−8 0.348 0.0 0.743 0.0 0.0 0.257 Detected by only the Livingston detector, resulting in a bad sky localization; last detection of the O3a run.
S191205ah 2019-12-05 21:52:08
6378
385±164
H,L,V 1.2 10−8 0.290 0.0 0.932 0.0 0.0 0.068
S191213g 2019-12-13 04:34:08
4480
201±81
H,L,V 3.5 10−8 0.631 0.768 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.232
S200213t 2020-02-13 04:10:40
2326
201±80
H,L,V 1.8 10−8 0.401 0.629 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.371

Observation candidates from O4/2023

On 15 June 2022, LIGO announced to start the O4 observing run in March 2023. As the date got closer, engineering challenges delayed the observing run to May 2023. An engineering run to assess the sensitivity of LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA began in April, with the Hanford detector's first operations beginning on April 29, and the Livingston and Virgo detectors' first operations beginning on May 5.

On March 7, 2023, a gamma-ray burst compatible with a neutron star merger was detected by the Fermi telescope and named GRB 230307A. The burst, identified as being from a host galaxy approximately 296 Mpc away, would likely have only been marginally detected at best by LIGO if it had been operating at the time, as the detectors would only later achieve a sensitivity of 160 Mpc for neutron star mergers by O4's beginning, 3 months later.

Near the end of the engineering run on 15 May 2023, LIGO announced that O4 would be beginning on 24 May 2023, running for 20 months with up to 2 months of maintenance. The LIGO detectors initially failed to achieve the hoped for 160-190 Mpc sensitivity for neutron star mergers, but did achieve an improved 130-150 Mpc sensitivity over O3's 100-140 Mpc, later improving to nearly 160 Mpc for both detectors by late 2023. Virgo was found to have both a damaged mirror and other new, unknown noise sources, limiting its sensitivity to just 31-35 Mpc (similar to its performance during O2 in 2017, and lower than O3's 40-50 Mpc.) As a result, Virgo spent most of 2023 in commissioning, with a deadline of March 2024 to improve its sensitivity before joining O4. KAGRA achieved its planned 1 Mpc sensitivity before returning to commissioning in July, with plans to rejoin at an improved 10 Mpc sensitivity by early 2024. However, the Mw7.5 2024 Noto earthquake occurred on 1 January 2024 only 103 kilometres (64 mi) from KAGRA, damaging the detector's sensitive instruments and delaying its development by at least several months.

On 18 May 2023, near the end of the engineering run and shortly before O4 proper, the first candidate gravitational wave event was detected. Four more were detected before the official beginning of the run. In October, LIGO announced a planned pause between January and March 2024, for a mid-run commissioning break intended to reduce noise and improve the uptime of the detectors.

The O4b run began in April 2024 with the addition of the Virgo detector at a sensitivity of 55 Mpc. The Livingston detector achieved an increased sensitivity of 170-175 Mpc, while the Hanford detector maintained its pre-break sensitivity of 155-160 Mpc. Due to a variety of factors including delays in technologies required for O5, the decision was made in June 2024 to extend O4 by several months to June 2025, with O5 expected to begin in late 2027 or early 2028.

Candidate detections from O4 by month
5
10
15
20
25
30
235
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
241
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
251
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
  •   BNS mergers
  •   NS-BH mergers
  •   mass gap
  •   BBH mergers
  •   unidentified
O4 detections by distance
15
30
45
60
75
90
105
120
135
150
<100 Mpc
100-200 Mpc
200-500 Mpc
500-1000 Mpc
1-2 Gpc
2-5 Gpc
5-10 Gpc
10+ Gpc
  •   BNS mergers
  •   NS-BH mergers
  •   mass gap
  •   BBH mergers
List of O4 event alerts
GW event  Detection
time (UTC)
Location
area

(deg2)
Luminosity
distance
(Mpc)
Detector
False Alarm
Rate (Hz)
False Alarm
chance in O4

Classification Notes Ref
NS / NS
NS / BH
BH / BH
Mass gap
Terrestrial
S230520ae 2023-05-20
22:48:41
1702
2014±663
H,L 3.1 10−9 0.161 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 1.4e−7 Detected during the engineering phase, before the official start of O4.
S230522a 2023-05-22
09:38:04
24219
3102±1032
L 1.0 10−8 0.448 0.0 0.0 0.99973 0.00071 0.00027
S230522n 2023-05-22
15:30:32
29021
2221±870
L 6.5 10−9 0.311 0.0 0.0 0.993 0.0041 0.0069
S230708z 2023-07-08
07:18:59
3373
4647±1696
H,L 7.0 10−8 0.982 0.0 0.0 0.954 0.0041 0.046
S230802aq 2023-08-02
11:33:59
25885
576±246
H 2.2 10−8 0.722 0.0 0.020 0.289 0.657 0.035 The other component is a black hole. Detected by only the Hanford detector, resulting in a bad sky localization.
S230807f 2023-08-07
20:50:45
5436
5272±1900
H,L 7.1 10−8 0.983 0.0 0.0 0.913 0.041 0.047
S230822bm 2023-08-22
23:03:37
3974
5154±1771
H,L 2.6 10−8 0.773 0.0 0.0 0.939 0.042 0.019
S231020bw 2023-10-20
18:05:09
386
2620±694
H,L 3.5 10−10 0.020 0.0 0.0 0.99965 0.0 0.00035
S240406aj 2024-04-06
06:28:47
1724
2449±692
H,L 1.6 10−15 8.9 10−8 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 9.2e−9
S240413p 2024-04-13
02:20:19
34; towards Leo or Sextans
526±101
H,L,V 3.2 10−10 0.018 0.0 0.0 0.584 0.400 0.020
S240420ax 2024-04-20
04:21:16
6423
?
H,L 5.7 10−8 0.961 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ? Unidentified gravitational wave "burst" lasting 33 milliseconds at a frequency of 219 Hertz.
S240422ed 2024-04-22
21:35:13
259; towards Puppis, Pyxis, or Hydra
188±43
H,L,V 3.1 10−13 1.8 10−5 0.0 0.541 0.0 0.459 1.3e−5
S240426s 2024-04-26
03:14:51
3050
3452±1295
H,L 7.6 10−9 0.354 0.0 0.0 0.968 0.030 0.00191
S240428dr 2024-04-28
22:54:40
286
765±177
H,V 2.1 10−14 1.2 10−6 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 7.4e−8
S240430ca 2024-04-30
09:35:17
4061
6212±2593
H,L 7.5 10−8 0.986 0.0 0.0 0.920 0.041 0.039
S240501an 2024-05-01
03:35:34
1079
4022±1460
H,L,V 4.2 10−10 0.024 0.0 0.0 0.99999 0.0 1.3e−5
S240505av 2024-05-05
13:35:52
1469
4570±1415
H,L,V 2.3 10−8 0.731 0.0 0.0 0.985 0.0 0.015
S240507p 2024-05-07
04:16:32
279; mostly towards
Canis Major or Cassiopeia
1328±370
H,L,V 6.3 10−10 0.036 0.0 0.0 0.963 0.036 0.00031
S240511i 2024-05-11
03:15:07
85; towards Crater or Hydra
1906±404
H,L,V 3.2 10−10 0.018 0.0 0.0 0.99998 0.0 1.7e−5
S240512r 2024-05-12
02:41:39
216
1082±266
H,L,V 3.2 10−10 0.018 0.0 0.020 0.958 0.020 0.0017
S240513ei 2024-05-13
18:33:02
37; towards Auriga or Perseus
2254±458
H,L,V 3.2 10−10 0.018 0.0 0.0 0.99973 0.0 0.00027
S240514c 2024-05-14
08:03:21
30758
4182±1833
L 9.6 10−9 0.425 0.0 0.0 0.9932 0.0 0.0064 Detected by only the Livingston detector, resulting in a bad sky localization.
S240514x 2024-05-14
12:17:13
142; mostly towards Reticulum
2594±587
H,L,V 3.2 10−10 0.018 0.0 0.0 0.99998 0.0 1.8e−5
S240515m 2024-05-15
00:53:01
978
3559±976
H,L,V 5.3 10−21 0.0 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 4.3e−14
S240520cv 2024-05-20
21:36:16
89; towards Ursa Major, Indus, or Tucana
1136±235
H,L,V 3.2 10−10 0.018 0.0 0.030 0.921 0.047 0.0018
S240525p 2024-05-25
03:12:10
1517
4337±1519
H,L,V 1.7 10−8 0.619 0.0 0.0 0.902 0.086 0.012
S240527en 2024-05-27
18:34:29
986
5850±1907
H,L,V 2.5 10−9 0.135 0.0 0.00090 0.99907 0.0 2.7e−5
S240527fv 2024-05-27
23:09:10
19; towards Horologium
1119±188
H,L,V 1.4 10−8 0.559 0.0 0.0 0.987 0.0036 0.0096
S240530a 2024-05-30
01:24:17
196
1066±226
H,L,V 9.5 10−10 0.053 0.0 0.0 0.910 0.085 0.0048
S240531bp 2024-05-31
07:52:48
1323
3766±1491
H,L,V 3.7 10−12 0.00022 0.0 0.0 0.99999 0.0 6.5e−6
S240601aj 2024-06-01
06:12:00
2009
5366±2095
H,L 3.1 10−8 0.829 0.0 0.0 0.507 0.0 0.493
S240601co 2024-06-01
23:10:04
1110
1421±390
H,L,V 6.0 10−11 0.0034 0.0 0.0 0.928 0.072 0.00023
S240615dg 2024-06-15
11:36:20
5; towards northern Andromeda
1420±236
H,L,V 3.2 10−10 0.018 0.0 0.0 0.99998 0.0 1.7e−5
S240615ea 2024-06-15
16:07:35
653
3590±1058
H,L,V 1.5 10−8 0.582 0.0 0.0 0.99938 0.0 0.00062
S240618ah 2024-06-18
07:16:27
5116
5939±2437
H,L 6.5 10−8 0.976 0.0 0.0 0.921 0.041 0.038
S240621dy 2024-06-21
19:50:59
21; towards Perseus
1184±199
H,L,V 4.0 10−20 0.0 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 0.0
S240621eb 2024-06-21
20:09:35
920
4492±1407
H,L,V 4.3 10−8 0.916 0.0 0.0 0.9987 0.0 0.0013
S240621em 2024-06-21
21:40:41
3069
7458±2672
H,L,V 6.8 10−8 0.979 0.0 0.0 0.920 0.041 0.039
S240622h 2024-06-22
00:40:48
199
1350±303
H,L,V 1.2 10−8 0.499 0.0 0.0 0.974 0.011 0.015
S240627by 2024-06-27
13:16:22
934
1479±420
H,L,V 1.2 10−8 0.500 0.0 0.0 0.911 0.080 0.0084
S240629by 2024-06-29
14:52:56
66
1173±245
H,L,V 3.2 10−10 0.018 0.0 0.073 0.798 0.127 0.0015
S240630t 2024-06-30
10:17:03
670
3161±841
H,L,V 1.9 10−12 0.00011 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 3.3e−6
S240703ad 2024-07-03
19:13:55
3785
1894±679
H,V 1.2 10−13 6.8 10−6 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 2.8e−7
S240705at 2024-07-05
05:32:15
172
3694±880
H,L,V 7.1 10−16 3.8 10−8 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 0.0
S240716b 2024-07-16
03:49:00
10324
1821±686
L,V 7.9 10−16 4.5 10−8 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 3.6e−9
S240807h 2024-08-07
21:45:59
12857
1018±295
L,V 2.0 10−11 0.0012 0.0 0.00010 0.956 0.044 3.2e−5
S240813c 2024-08-13
03:45:48
13782
1240±392
L,V 2.6 10−9 0.139 0.0 0.0 0.909 0.089 0.0022
S240813d 2024-08-13
04:39:13
1776
1065±259
L,V 1.8 10−18 0.0 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 1.2e−11
S240825ar 2024-08-25
05:51:46
1203
1342±380
H,L,V 3.2 10−9 0.166 0.0 0.025 0.930 0.036 0.0091
S240830gn 2024-08-30
21:11:20
410
1118±297
H,L,V 6.3 10−10 0.036 0.0 0.105 0.891 0.084 0.0031
S240902bq 2024-09-02
14:33:06
584
2420±828
H,L,V 2.5 10−9 0.135 0.0 0.0 0.99990 0.0 9.94e−5
S240907cg 2024-09-07
15:38:33
1065
4333±1354
H,L,V 9.1 10−10 0.051 0.0 0.0 0.99914 0.0 0.00086
S240908bs 2024-09-08
08:26:28
74; towards northern Aries
3350±1130
H,L,V 3.2 10−10 0.018 0.0 0.0 0.997 0.0031 1.4e−5
S240908dg 2024-09-08
12:51:34
1021
5004±1764
H,L,V 7.2 10−8 0.984 0.0 0.0 0.910 0.041 0.050
S240910ci 2024-09-10
10:35:35
394
662±166
H,L 3.2 10−10 0.018 0.0 0.280 0.628 0.090 0.0015
S240915b 2024-09-15
00:13:57
18; towards Southern Puppis
872±149
H,L,V 3.2 10−10 0.018 0.0 0.121 0.745 0.132 0.0015
S240915bd 2024-09-15
10:51:51
4244
612±139
H,V 3.3 10−14 1.9 10−6 0.0 0.00037 0.899 0.101 1.2e−7
S240917cb 2024-09-17
13:02:37
8644
6657±3466
H,L 5.4 10−8 0.955 0.0 0.0 0.903 0.057 0.040
S240919bn 2024-09-19
06:15:59
16; towards Southern Perseus
1711±490
H,L,V 4.0 10−20 0.0 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 0.0
S240920bz 2024-09-20
07:34:24
349
1372±305
H,L,V 3.2 10−10 0.018 0.0 0.0 0.99972 0.0 0.00028
S240920dw 2024-09-20
12:40:24
135
977±160
H,L 9.7 10−52 0.0 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 0.0
S240921cw 2024-09-21
20:18:35
471
866±204
L,V 3.2 10−10 0.045 0.0 0.0 0.997 0.0025 0.00078
S240922df 2024-09-22
14:21:06
97; towards Capricornus
1175±262
H,L,V 1.4 10−24 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.965 0.035 0.0
S240923ct 2024-09-23
20:40:06
216; towards Hercules, Corona Borealis, or Serpens Caput
4025±1076
H,L,V 7.6 10−16 4.5 10−8 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 2.9e−9
S240924a 2024-09-24
00:03:16
660
3816±1285
H,L,V 2.5 10−9 0.132 0.0 0.0 0.99993 0.0 7.1e−5
S240925n 2024-09-25
00:58:59
40; towards central Aquila
329±76
H,L,V 4.0 10−20 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.742 0.258 0.0
S240930aa 2024-09-30
00:58:59
457
1400±323
H,L,V 3.1 10−19 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.99960 0.00040 1.7e−12
S240930du 2024-09-30
23:46:14
708
3874±1404
H,L 1.3 10−8 0.521 0.0 0.0 0.666 0.0 0.334
S241002e 2024-10-02
03:05:59
1237
1607±557
L,V 1.4 10−21 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.997 0.003 1.05e−14
S241006k 2024-10-06
01:53:33
263
1899±441
H,L,V 5.9 10−42 0.0 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 0.0
S241007bw 2024-10-07
08:29:43
967
4355±1289
H,L,V 1.6 10−8 0.611 0.0 0.0 0.988 0.0 0.012
S241009l 2024-10-09
02:28:35
2544
6642±2029
H,L,V 3.3 10−8 0.851 0.0 0.0 0.971 0.004 0.025
S241009an 2024-10-09
08:48:16
542
1208±365
H,L,V 1.9 10−12 0.00011 0.0 0.0 0.982 0.017 2.9e−6
S241009em 2024-10-09
22:04:55
813
3831±1633
H,L,V 2.8 10−9 0.149 0.0 0.0 0.998 0.0 0.0025
S241011k 2024-10-11
23:38:34
76; towards Ophiuchus or Serpens Cauda
232±51
H,V 2.5 10−34 0.0 0.0 0.00022 0.967 0.033 1.1e−16
S241101ee 2024-11-01
22:05:23
7670
2160±685
L,V 1.4 10−11 0.00079 0.0 0.0 0.99998 0.0 2.0e−5
S241102br 2024-11-02
12:40:58
28; towards Andromeda or Lacerta
364±54
H,L,V 1.1 10−41 0.0 0.0 0.0067 0.850 0.144 1.1e−16
S241102cy 2024-11-02
14:47:29
834
3443±1068
H,L,V 1.5 10−8 0.582 0.0 0.0 0.999 0.0 0.0011
S241109p 2024-11-09
03:33:17
1761
2282±1082
L,V 6.0 10−11 0.0035 0.0 0.0 0.99992 0.0 8.3e−5
S241109bn 2024-11-09
11:59:24
10138
603±159
H,V 1.4 10−11 0.00082 0.0 0.121 0.047 0.830 0.0026 The other component is a black hole.
S241110br 2024-11-10
12:41:23
102; towards Northern Centaurus
749±173
H,L,V 4.7 10−9 0.236 0.0 0.0 0.942 0.054 0.0038
S241111bn 2024-11-11
11:15:52
424
1393±412
H,L 7.1 10−30 0.0 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 0.0
S241113p 2024-11-13
16:35:07
11825
1321±400
L,V 1.5 10−14 8.4 10−7 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 4.0e−8
S241114y 2024-11-14
02:47:11
152
2511±729
H,L,V 9.1 10−14 5.2 10−6 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 2.4e−7
S241114bi 2024-11-14
23:52:58
10127
752±195
L,V 1.8 10−13 1.0 10−5 0.0 0.00049 0.943 0.056 4.2e−7
S241116cq 2024-11-16
15:17:53
2292
5600±2218
H,L,V 7.0 10−9 0.330 0.0 0.0 0.99992 0.0 8.3e−5
S241122a 2024-11-22
17:51:00
28549
2267±948
L 6.4 10−8 0.975 0.0 0.0 0.955 0.0 0.045 Detected by only the Livingston detector, resulting in a bad sky localization.
S241125n 2024-11-25
01:01:16
76
4174±1591
H,L,V 9.5 10−10 0.053 0.0 0.0 0.99999 0.0 1.1e−5
S241127aj 2024-11-27
06:10:08
53; mostly towards Musca or Southern Centaurus
1050±67
H,L,V 6.5 10−39 0.0 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 0.0
S241129aa 2024-11-29
02:18:32
269
2499±437
H,L,V 4.0 10−20 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.993 0.006 0.0
S241130n 2024-11-30
03:49:08
302
1790±518
H,L,V 4.0 10−20 0.0 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 0.0
S241130be 2024-11-30
11:04:22
1069
1226±321
H,L,V 1.9 10−10 0.011 0.0 0.0 0.963 0.037 0.00063
S241201ac 2024-12-01
05:57:58
2300
7122±2366
H,L,V 4.3 10−8 0.917 0.0 0.0 0.926 0.041 0.033
S241210d 2024-12-10
02:33:35
3777
5007±2073
H,L 4.4 10−8 0.920 0.0 0.0 0.926 0.041 0.033
S241210cw 2024-12-10
06:06:06
495
2199±597
H,L,V 6.3 10−10 0.036 0.0 0.0 0.99995 0.0 5.1e−5
S241210fu 2024-12-10
12:09:00
3326
3603±1378
H,L 2.7 10−8 0.791 0.0 0.0 0.978 0.0014 0.021
S241225c 2024-12-25
04:25:53
2264
666±137
L,V 2.0 10−15 1.1 10−7 0.0 0.0 0.964 0.036 8.0e−9
S241225v 2024-12-25
08:28:15
1192
2008±695
H,L 2.2 10−21 0.0 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 1.5e−14
S241230bd 2024-12-30
08:45:04
11129
2811±842
L,V 6.2 10−14 3.6 10−6 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 1.6e−7
S241230ev 2024-12-30
23:36:18
355
2940±1041
H,L,V 2.2 10−8 0.717 0.0 0.0 0.984 0.0 0.016
S241231bg 2024-12-31
05:41:33
125
830±159
H,L,V 3.2 10−8 0.018 0.0 0.0 0.931 0.067 0.0015
S250101k 2025-01-01
01:12:05
455
3231±945
H,L,V 5.6 10−8 0.959 0.0 0.079 0.882 0.0 0.039
S250104v 2025-01-04
01:51:22
1514
4932±1471
H,L,V 9.5 10−13 5.5 10−5 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 1.7e−6
S250108eo 2025-01-08
15:22:21
796
4306±1349
H,L,V 1.8 10−11 0.0010 0.0 0.0 0.99997 0.0 2.6e−5
S250109f 2025-01-09
01:05:41
243
3200±948
H,L,V 2.9 10−12 0.00017 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 4.4e−6
S250109bi 2025-01-09
07:45:52
2819
2255±734
H,V 2.1 10−8 0.692 0.0 0.0 0.985 0.0 0.015
S250118t 2025-01-18
02:32:25
2332
6631±2213
H,L,V 4.0 10−10 0.023 0.0 0.0 0.961 0.039 0.00039
S250118az 2025-01-18
05:58:02
1219
1336±410
H,L,V 9.8 10−9 0.430 0.0 0.00065 0.807 0.185 0.0073
S250118dp 2025-01-18
17:05:23
798
1916±465
H,L 5.6 10−25 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.994 0.0063 0.0
S250119ag 2025-01-19
02:51:38
538
3000±676
H,L,V 3.3 10−13 1.9 10−5 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 1.5e−6
S250119cv 2025-01-19
19:02:38
9; towards 67 Piscium
472±112
H,L,V 4.0 10−20 0.0 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 0.0
S250202cu 2025-02-02
18:49:02
4768
5196±2263
H,L 1.5 10−8 0.568 0.0 0.0 0.948 0.042 0.0099
S250204ax 2025-02-04
05:52:59
318
2056±690
H,L,V 3.2 10−10 0.018 0.0 0.0 0.99974 0.0 0.00026
S250205bk 2025-02-05
10:35:41
64; towards western Hydra
748±160
H,L,V 9.5 10−10 0.053 0.0 0.014 0.970 0.00815 0.0072
S250205ee 2025-02-05
21:52:15
1574
2493±889
H,L 1.8 10−9 0.100 0.0 0.0 0.998 0.0 0.0017
S250206dm 2025-02-06
21:25:30
547
373±104
H,L 1.3 10−9 0.070 0.143 0.211 0.0 0.568 0.077 The other component is a neutron star.
S250207bg 2025-02-07
11:56:45
80
508±95
L,V 4.9 10−36 0.0 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 0.0
S250208ad 2025-02-08
03:51:06
1128
4871±1417
H,L,V 3.8 10−10 0.021 0.0 0.0 0.99956 0.0 0.00044
S250211aa 2025-02-11
02:25:46
248
1121±258
H,L,V 4.7 10−18 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.990 0.010 3.2e-11
S250211be 2025-02-11
04:35:43
91; towards Leo or Ursa Major
3337±1194
H,L,V 1.8 10−8 0.641 0.0 0.0 0.987 0.0 0.013
S250226dl 2025-02-26
22:48:38
1218
3361±1041
H,L 1.2 10−12 6.7 10−5 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 2.4e-5
S250227e 2025-02-27
00:13:02
210
2004±524
H,L,V 2.6 10−12 0.00015 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 4.0e-6
S250304cb 2025-03-04
06:22:45
1569
1768±541
H,L,V 5.6 10−8 0.960 0.0 0.0 0.944 0.018 0.038
S250319bu 2025-03-19
06:25:36
989
4713±1546
H,L,V 4.7 10−10 0.027 0.0 0.0 0.99954 0.0 0.00046
S250326y 2025-03-26
01:54:06
1460
5412±1720
H,L,V 3.6 10−12 0.00020 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 6.2e-6
S250328ae 2025-03-28
05:40:27
14; towards southwestern Leo
511±82
H,L,V 3.2 10−10 0.018 0.0 0.0 0.934 0.065 0.00151
S250331o 2025-03-31
01:34:48
18; towards Triangulum
657±91
H,L,V 3.2 10−10 0.018 0.0 0.0 0.99972 0.0 0.00028
S250628am 2025-06-28
18:23:19
287
902±223
H,L,V 1.7 10−14 9.7 10−7 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 4.6e-8
S250629ae 2025-06-29
05:50:36
2834
7075±2116
H,L,V 3.2 10−8 0.844 0.0 0.0 0.978 0.0 0.022
S250629bs 2025-06-29
12:13:04
3008
4847±1746
H,L 4.3 10−8 0.917 0.0 0.0 0.940 0.0 0.060
S250701bp 2025-07-01
20:34:40
26503
939±300
L 3.1 10−17 0.0 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 1.8e-10 Detected by only the Livingston detector, resulting in a bad sky localization.
Chirp mass 99.98% likely to be between 22 and 44 Solar masses.
S250701bq 2025-07-01
23:17:46
25010
480±118
L 4.3 10−17 0.0 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 2.2e-10 Detected by only the Livingston detector, resulting in a bad sky localization.
Chirp mass 93.7% likely to be between 11 and 22 Solar masses.
S250702n 2025-07-02
13:32:00
1758
2180±913
H,L 1.8 10−8 0.633 0.0 0.0 0.989 0.0 0.011 Chirp mass 89.3% likely to be between 22 and 44 Solar masses (11-22 10.7%)
S250704ab 2025-07-04
04:30:48
43.7; towards central Auriga
531±101
H,L,V 3.2 10−10 0.018 0.0 0.149 0.824 0.144 0.0020 Chirp mass 99.999% likely to be between 5.5 and 11 Solar masses
S250705cb 2025-07-05
16:29:56
333
1143±299
H,L,V 9.5 10−10 0.050 0.0 0.0 0.995 0.0 0.0054 Chirp mass 86.2% likely to be between 5.5 and 11 Solar masses (11-22 13.6%)
S250711q 2025-07-11
03:27:25
2016
4756±2023
H,L,V 1.6 10−9 0.086 0.0 0.0 0.9986 0.0 0.0014 Chirp mass 59.0% likely to be between 22 and 44 Solar masses (44-88 41.0%)
S250712cd 2025-07-12
14:25:32
155; towards border of Cygnus and Draco
2439±870
H,L,V 2.7 10−11 0.0015 0.0 0.0 0.99989 0.0 0.00011 Chirp mass 99.87% likely to be between 22 and 44 Solar masses
S250725j 2025-07-25
04:09:44
18.6; towards northern Lupus
380±93
H,L,V 4.3 10−11 0.0024 0.0 0.0 0.99995 0.0 5.3e-5 Chirp mass 99.98% likely to be between 11 and 22 Solar masses
S250725l 2025-07-25
04:20:50
1532
2567±766
H,L,V 3.0 10−8 0.819 0.0 0.0 0.985 0.00062 0.015 Chirp mass 98.9% likely to be between 11 and 22 Solar masses
S250726ak 2025-07-26
08:28:15
361
3333±1448
H,L,V 4.7 10−12 0.00027 0.0 0.0 0.99998 0.0 2.3e-5 Chirp mass 99.2% likely to be between 22 and 44 Solar masses
S250727cl 2025-07-27
18:03:29
205; mostly towards Eastern Cancer
2152±515
H,L,V 4.0 10−20 0.0 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 0.0 Chirp mass 74.2% likely to be between 22 and 44 Solar masses (11-22 25.8%)
S250727dc 2025-07-27
20:01:48
15.4; towards eastern Columba
1389±318
H,L,V 1.1 10−18 0.0 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 8.2e-12 Chirp mass 99.999% likely to be between 22 and 44 Solar masses
S250802dn 2025-08-02
20:25:12
3209
3070±1219
H,L 5.5 10−8 0.957 0.0 0.0 0.927 0.0 0.073 Chirp mass 91.1% likely to be between 22 and 44 Solar masses
S250810ck 2025-08-10
14:23:57
180
621±129
H,V 5.4 10−20 0.0 0.0 0.00053 0.905 0.094 4.4e-13 Chirp mass 100% likely to be between 5.5 and 11 Solar masses
S250813k 2025-08-13
02:12:00
12; towards border of
Ursa Major, Camelopardalis, and Draco
932±209
H,L,V 1.3 10−10 0.0072 0.0 0.0 0.997 0.0 0.0029 Chirp mass 99.993% likely to be between 22 and 44 Solar masses
S250818t 2025-08-18
02:08:58
319
1209±290
H,L,V 1.7 10−11 0.00099 0.0 0.0 0.983 0.0174 7.4e-5 Chirp mass 54.0% likely to be between 5.5 and 11 Solar masses (11-22 46.0%)
S250827l 2025-08-27
01:27:57
615
2464±700
H,L,V 3.2 10−10 0.018 0.0 0.0 0.99998 0.0 2.0e-5 Chirp mass 87.8% likely to be between 22 and 44 Solar masses (11-22 12.2%)
S250827fo 2025-08-27
22:29:40
470
1005±261
H,L,V 2.3 10−11 0.0013 0.0 0.0 0.943 0.057 9.2e-5 Chirp mass 92.5% likely to be between 5.5 and 11 Solar masses
S250830m 2025-08-30
03:27:09
3194
3731±1474
H,L 1.2 10−8 0.495 0.0 0.0 0.979 0.0 0.021 Chirp mass 99.7% likely to be between 22 and 44 Solar masses
S250830bp 2025-08-30
10:24:18
3.73; towards Nu Octantis
427±69
H,L,V 3.2 10−10 0.018 0.0 0.132 0.702 0.165 0.0017 Chirp mass 99.8% likely to be between 5.5 and 11 Solar masses
S250901cb 2025-09-01
18:59:41
581
2018±482
H,L,V 3.2 10−14 1.8 10−6 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 9.5e-8 Chirp mass 100% likely to be between 11 and 22 Solar masses
S250904ae 2025-09-04
03:33:07
1021
3330±863
H,L,V 3.2 10−10 0.018 0.0 0.0 0.99999 0.0 1.3e-5 Chirp mass 71.2% likely to be between 11 and 22 Solar masses (22-44 28.8%)
S250904br 2025-09-04
10:22:08
373
2748±681
H,L,V 3.2 10−10 0.018 0.0 0.0 0.99998 0.0 2.0e-5 Chirp mass 100% likely to be between 22 and 44 Solar masses
S250904cv 2025-09-04
13:49:52
1237
2414±670
H,L 3.2 10−10 0.018 0.0 0.0 0.99968 0.0 0.00032 Chirp mass 99.6% likely to be between 11 and 22 Solar masses
S250906ca 2025-09-06
12:23:59
520
1195±307
H,L,V 1.1 10−13 6.3 10−6 0.0 0.00055 0.942 0.058 3.1e-7 Chirp mass 100% likely to be between 5.5 and 11 Solar masses
S250908y 2025-09-08
14:34:28
11002
1280±403
H,V 1.2 10−10 0.0077 0.0 0.0 0.998 0.0023 0.00015 Chirp mass 81.3% likely to be between 5.5 and 11 Solar masses (11-22 18.7%)
S250911ac 2025-09-11
07:46:39
1012
1102±300
H,L 6.0 10−9 0.292 0.0 0.118 0.779 0.067 0.036 Chirp mass 100% likely to be between 5.5 and 11 Solar masses
S250912f 2025-09-12
06:40:08
393
2870±784
L,V 2.9 10−13 1.7 10−5 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 6.8e-7 Chirp mass 99.4% likely to be between 44 and 88 Solar masses
S250917aq 2025-09-17
13:21:54
5646
687±182
H,V 1.1 10−13 6.3 10−6 0.0 0.00045 0.972 0.027 3.1e-7 Chirp mass 100% likely to be between 5.5 and 11 Solar masses
S250927ck 2025-09-27
15:24:48
177
4333±1544
H,L,V 3.1 10−8 0.835 0.0 0.0 0.978 0.0 0.022 Chirp mass 88.5% likely to be between 44 and 88 Solar masses (22-44 11.1%)
S250927cy 2025-09-27
17:30:41
1551
4064±1180
H,L,V 5.3 10−8 0.953 0.0 0.0 0.962 0.0 0.038 Chirp mass 91.5% likely to be between 22 and 44 Solar masses (11-22 8.5%)
S250929c 2025-09-29
00:27:32
1828
3796±1511
H,L,V 2.5 10−8 0.766 0.0 0.0 0.983 0.0 0.017 Chirp mass 89.3% likely to be between 22 and 44 Solar masses (11-22 10.6%)
S251006dd 2025-10-06
23:37:17
109
706±151
H,L,V 5.4 10−16 3.2 10−8 0.0 0.0023 0.862 0.136 7.0e-7 Chirp mass 100% likely to be between 5.5 and 11 Solar masses
S251013x 2025-10-13
02:44:14
1589
1946±505
H,L,V 1.5 10−8 0.574 0.0 0.0 0.990 0.0 0.010 Chirp mass 100% likely to be between 22 and 44 Solar masses
S251014cn 2025-10-14
11:33:23
172
607±164
H,L 3.2 10−10 0.018 0.0 0.0 0.99820 0.0 0.0018 Chirp mass 93.8% likely to be between 11 and 22 Solar masses
S251018bi 2025-10-18
15:25:47
1463
5450±1489
H,L,V 3.2 10−10 0.018 0.0 0.0 0.99999 0.0 6.7e-6 Chirp mass 61.8% likely to be between 22 and 44 Solar masses (44-88 38.2%)
S251021u 2025-10-21
03:22:15
3859
5884±2089
H,L 2.2 10−9 0.120 0.0 0.0 0.99992 0.0 8.2e-5 Chirp mass 59.7% likely to be between 44 and 88 Solar masses (22-44 40.3%)
S251026bn 2025-10-26
21:16:05
744
1202±347
H,L 4.8 10−12 0.00028 0.0 0.0 0.924 0.076 8.2e-6 Chirp mass 100% likely to be between 5.5 and 11 Solar masses
S251031cq 2025-10-31
18:59:15
709
2083±562
H,L,V 7.0 10−10 0.039 0.0 0.0 0.99937 0.0 0.00063 Chirp mass 98.8% likely to be between 22 and 44 Solar masses
S251031dw 2025-10-31
21:07:49
764
?
H,L 3.1 10−8 0.833 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ? Unidentified gravitational wave "burst" lasting 20 milliseconds at a frequency of tens of Hertz.
S251103f 2025-11-03
22:05:26
981
2158±568
H,L,V 4.2 10−14 2.4 10−6 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 1.3e-7 Chirp mass 100% likely to be between 11 and 22 Solar masses
S251105aj 2025-11-05
12:59:19
721
2071±545
H,L,V 8.0 10−13 4.6 10−5 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 4.9e-6 Chirp mass 98.2% likely to be between 22 and 44 Solar masses
S251108dn 2025-11-08
10:32:43
697
1165±309
H,L,V 9.4 10−18 0.0 0.0 9.2e-5 0.979 0.021 5.8e-11 Chirp mass 100% likely to be between 5.5 and 11 Solar masses
S251108fi 2025-11-08
19:13:28
1524
3537±1032
H,L,V 1.3 10−12 7.5 10−5 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 2.8e-6 Chirp mass 63.9% likely to be between 22 and 44 Solar masses (11-22 36.1%)
S251112cm 2025-11-12
15:18:45
1220
96±29
H,L,V 5.1 10−9 0.254 ~1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ? Chirp mass 100% likely to be between 0.1 and 0.87 Solar masses.
Although marked as a BNS merger, this event falls in the "sub-solar mass" category and may represent a different object type.
S251116en 2025-11-16
23:22:21
788
1741±490
H,L 1.3 10−12 7.5 10−5 0.0 0.0 0.99998 0.0 1.8e-5 Chirp mass 100% likely to be between 22 and 44 Solar masses
S251117dq 2025-11-17
21:38:33
1701
2201±621
H,L 5.9 10−15 3.4 10−7 0.0 0.0 ~1.0 0.0 2.2e-8 Chirp mass 100% likely to be between 22 and 44 Solar masses

See also

  • GRB 150101B, a weak gamma-ray burst trigger observed prior to LIGO O1 (beginning September 12, 2015), with claimed similarities to neutron star merger GW170817/GRB 170817A/AT2017gfo.

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