LISA Community
@lisacommunity.bsky.social
First gravitational wave observatory in space. 3 satellites flying in triangle formation connected by 2.5 million km laser beams. An ESA mission with international participation including from NASA. Launch in the 2030s.
Already excited for the next #LISASchool! 👀 🚀
🙏 A heartfelt thank you to the organizers and speakers for their dedication and hard work in making this school such a success, and to the sponsors who made everything possible!
🙏 A heartfelt thank you to the organizers and speakers for their dedication and hard work in making this school such a success, and to the sponsors who made everything possible!
October 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Already excited for the next #LISASchool! 👀 🚀
🙏 A heartfelt thank you to the organizers and speakers for their dedication and hard work in making this school such a success, and to the sponsors who made everything possible!
🙏 A heartfelt thank you to the organizers and speakers for their dedication and hard work in making this school such a success, and to the sponsors who made everything possible!
From hands-on coding sessions to deep-dive lectures and late-night discussions, the energy and curiosity were incredible. The school fostered meaningful collaborations, new research directions, and a supportive early-career network. Many new ideas, new friendships, and collaborations were born here.
October 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
From hands-on coding sessions to deep-dive lectures and late-night discussions, the energy and curiosity were incredible. The school fostered meaningful collaborations, new research directions, and a supportive early-career network. Many new ideas, new friendships, and collaborations were born here.
What an inspiring two weeks at Ecole de Physique des Houches! 🏔️ 🇫🇷
The first #LISASchool for Early Career Scientists brought together young researchers from around the world to learn, collaborate, and explore the science behind #LISAMission, the first space-based gravitational-wave observatory.
The first #LISASchool for Early Career Scientists brought together young researchers from around the world to learn, collaborate, and explore the science behind #LISAMission, the first space-based gravitational-wave observatory.
October 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
What an inspiring two weeks at Ecole de Physique des Houches! 🏔️ 🇫🇷
The first #LISASchool for Early Career Scientists brought together young researchers from around the world to learn, collaborate, and explore the science behind #LISAMission, the first space-based gravitational-wave observatory.
The first #LISASchool for Early Career Scientists brought together young researchers from around the world to learn, collaborate, and explore the science behind #LISAMission, the first space-based gravitational-wave observatory.
We think this is a great occasion to show you the first images of the new LISA Spacecraft. The ESA led mission is now in the co-engineering phase. The instrument of LISA, provided by national space agencies across Europe and beyond, will be integrated by the primary contractor OHB SE.
#GW10Years
#GW10Years
September 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
We think this is a great occasion to show you the first images of the new LISA Spacecraft. The ESA led mission is now in the co-engineering phase. The instrument of LISA, provided by national space agencies across Europe and beyond, will be integrated by the primary contractor OHB SE.
#GW10Years
#GW10Years
🎤 What can you tell us about your talk?
This talk offers advice on writing effective research and teaching statements for prospective faculty and postdoctoral positions in STEM fields. Examples of and extensive resources for these statements are provided.
This talk offers advice on writing effective research and teaching statements for prospective faculty and postdoctoral positions in STEM fields. Examples of and extensive resources for these statements are provided.
September 4, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🎤 What can you tell us about your talk?
This talk offers advice on writing effective research and teaching statements for prospective faculty and postdoctoral positions in STEM fields. Examples of and extensive resources for these statements are provided.
This talk offers advice on writing effective research and teaching statements for prospective faculty and postdoctoral positions in STEM fields. Examples of and extensive resources for these statements are provided.
🎤 Tell us something about yourself
I am the Associate Head for Graduate Programs and a professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
More about Lance in the graphic & alt text!
I am the Associate Head for Graduate Programs and a professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
More about Lance in the graphic & alt text!
September 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
🎤 Tell us something about yourself
I am the Associate Head for Graduate Programs and a professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
More about Lance in the graphic & alt text!
I am the Associate Head for Graduate Programs and a professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
More about Lance in the graphic & alt text!
In this episode of #LECSTalks we feature Lance Cooper, a professor from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a talk titled "Writing Effective Research & Teaching Statements for Faculty/Postdoc Positions".
You can watch on YouTube 📽 youtu.be/vjqgjTfpYG8 📽
You can watch on YouTube 📽 youtu.be/vjqgjTfpYG8 📽
September 4, 2025 at 9:32 AM
In this episode of #LECSTalks we feature Lance Cooper, a professor from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a talk titled "Writing Effective Research & Teaching Statements for Faculty/Postdoc Positions".
You can watch on YouTube 📽 youtu.be/vjqgjTfpYG8 📽
You can watch on YouTube 📽 youtu.be/vjqgjTfpYG8 📽
July 16, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This year it is 10 years since the discovery of #GravitationalWaves in 2015!
www.ligo.caltech.edu/video/ligo20...
@ligo.org @egovirgo.bsky.social
#GW150914
#GR24Amaldi16
www.ligo.caltech.edu/video/ligo20...
@ligo.org @egovirgo.bsky.social
#GW150914
#GR24Amaldi16
July 16, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This year it is 10 years since the discovery of #GravitationalWaves in 2015!
www.ligo.caltech.edu/video/ligo20...
@ligo.org @egovirgo.bsky.social
#GW150914
#GR24Amaldi16
www.ligo.caltech.edu/video/ligo20...
@ligo.org @egovirgo.bsky.social
#GW150914
#GR24Amaldi16
Ways to 'see' black holes include cosmic indigestion (when a black hole is over fed!), imaging the shadow of a black hole, and (our favorite) ripples in space-time!! #GravitationalWaves
#GR24Amaldi16
#GR24Amaldi16
July 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Ways to 'see' black holes include cosmic indigestion (when a black hole is over fed!), imaging the shadow of a black hole, and (our favorite) ripples in space-time!! #GravitationalWaves
#GR24Amaldi16
#GR24Amaldi16
Did you know that getting a space craft out of the plane of the solar system is quite difficult - but Solar Orbiter is doing just that using gravity slingshot!
Find out more about getting up close with the Sun - www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
#GR24Amaldi16
Find out more about getting up close with the Sun - www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
#GR24Amaldi16
July 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Did you know that getting a space craft out of the plane of the solar system is quite difficult - but Solar Orbiter is doing just that using gravity slingshot!
Find out more about getting up close with the Sun - www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
#GR24Amaldi16
Find out more about getting up close with the Sun - www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
#GR24Amaldi16
Carole Mundell (@cmundell.bsky.social @esa.int ) is presenting a journey "From Earth to the Fabric of Spacetime" this evening at Glasgow SEC!
#GR24Amaldi16
#GR24Amaldi16
July 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Carole Mundell (@cmundell.bsky.social @esa.int ) is presenting a journey "From Earth to the Fabric of Spacetime" this evening at Glasgow SEC!
#GR24Amaldi16
#GR24Amaldi16
July 15, 2025 at 8:52 AM
July 15, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The LISA payload geographical distribution includes many teams across ESA, NASA, and ESA Member States.
#GR24Amaldi16
#GR24Amaldi16
July 15, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The LISA payload geographical distribution includes many teams across ESA, NASA, and ESA Member States.
#GR24Amaldi16
#GR24Amaldi16
July 15, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Kicking off day 2 of #GR24Amaldi16 in the SEC Armadillo in Glasgow!
July 15, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Kicking off day 2 of #GR24Amaldi16 in the SEC Armadillo in Glasgow!
Looking for multiband gravitational-wave sources in #LISA data - a needle in a haystack problem!
Shichao Wu presented a search for stellar origin binary black hole signals in LISA & next generation ground-based detectors (LISA+3G) with pyCBC.
#GR26Amaldi16
Find out more: arxiv.org/abs/2506.01898
Shichao Wu presented a search for stellar origin binary black hole signals in LISA & next generation ground-based detectors (LISA+3G) with pyCBC.
#GR26Amaldi16
Find out more: arxiv.org/abs/2506.01898
July 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Looking for multiband gravitational-wave sources in #LISA data - a needle in a haystack problem!
Shichao Wu presented a search for stellar origin binary black hole signals in LISA & next generation ground-based detectors (LISA+3G) with pyCBC.
#GR26Amaldi16
Find out more: arxiv.org/abs/2506.01898
Shichao Wu presented a search for stellar origin binary black hole signals in LISA & next generation ground-based detectors (LISA+3G) with pyCBC.
#GR26Amaldi16
Find out more: arxiv.org/abs/2506.01898
Balancing computational efficiency with accuracy is an important part of binary analysis in #LISA. Jorge Valencia presented a hybrid time-domain approach to the LISA response at #GR24Amaldi16.
Find out more at arxiv.org/abs/2505.09600
Find out more at arxiv.org/abs/2505.09600
July 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Balancing computational efficiency with accuracy is an important part of binary analysis in #LISA. Jorge Valencia presented a hybrid time-domain approach to the LISA response at #GR24Amaldi16.
Find out more at arxiv.org/abs/2505.09600
Find out more at arxiv.org/abs/2505.09600
And #LISA data will have unavoidable gaps in it due to scheduled maintenance. To cut or to taper? Ollie Burke explains that we will need to be careful in how gaps are dealt in LISA analysis. #GR24Amaldi16
For the full details, check out arxiv.org/abs/2502.17426
For the full details, check out arxiv.org/abs/2502.17426
July 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
And #LISA data will have unavoidable gaps in it due to scheduled maintenance. To cut or to taper? Ollie Burke explains that we will need to be careful in how gaps are dealt in LISA analysis. #GR24Amaldi16
For the full details, check out arxiv.org/abs/2502.17426
For the full details, check out arxiv.org/abs/2502.17426
The #LISA data will contain noise artifacts such as glitches. At #GR24Amaldi16, Martina Muratore presented work on modelling glitches and disentangle the glitches from the massive black hole binary signals.
Find out more at arxiv.org/abs/2505.19870
Find out more at arxiv.org/abs/2505.19870
July 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The #LISA data will contain noise artifacts such as glitches. At #GR24Amaldi16, Martina Muratore presented work on modelling glitches and disentangle the glitches from the massive black hole binary signals.
Find out more at arxiv.org/abs/2505.19870
Find out more at arxiv.org/abs/2505.19870
We need to simulate #LISA data in order to test our analysis pipelines. Henri Inchauspé presented the ingredients of the simulated Common Dataset 1.
* massive black hole binaries
* white dwarf binaries
* extreme mass ratio inspirals
* stellar origin black hole binaries
* noise
#GR24Amaldi16
* massive black hole binaries
* white dwarf binaries
* extreme mass ratio inspirals
* stellar origin black hole binaries
* noise
#GR24Amaldi16
July 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
We need to simulate #LISA data in order to test our analysis pipelines. Henri Inchauspé presented the ingredients of the simulated Common Dataset 1.
* massive black hole binaries
* white dwarf binaries
* extreme mass ratio inspirals
* stellar origin black hole binaries
* noise
#GR24Amaldi16
* massive black hole binaries
* white dwarf binaries
* extreme mass ratio inspirals
* stellar origin black hole binaries
* noise
#GR24Amaldi16
And Yuzhou Fang presented the TianQin mission, a proposed space-based gravitational-wave detector in geosynchronous orbit around the Earth.
Image credit: TianQin, Li et al. 2024
Image credit: TianQin, Li et al. 2024
July 14, 2025 at 10:19 PM
And Yuzhou Fang presented the TianQin mission, a proposed space-based gravitational-wave detector in geosynchronous orbit around the Earth.
Image credit: TianQin, Li et al. 2024
Image credit: TianQin, Li et al. 2024
We also heard from Timesh Mistry today on LISA performance and operation, including the #LISA Interferometric Detection System. #GR24Amaldi16
July 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
We also heard from Timesh Mistry today on LISA performance and operation, including the #LISA Interferometric Detection System. #GR24Amaldi16
Time-Delay Interferometry (TDI) is an important part of LISA data analysis. TDI is well studied in software, but not in hardware. Today at #GR24Amaldi16, Karin Kruuse presented a hardware testbed to mimic LISA data and validate analysis techniques.
July 14, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Time-Delay Interferometry (TDI) is an important part of LISA data analysis. TDI is well studied in software, but not in hardware. Today at #GR24Amaldi16, Karin Kruuse presented a hardware testbed to mimic LISA data and validate analysis techniques.