The Hulse-Taylor binary pulsar

Credit: Shane Larson

The first detection of gravitational waves: GW150914

Gravitational wave form

Chirp

The journey of a gravitational wave

The first detection in gravitational waves of the merger of two neutron stars: GW170817

Chirp

A Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) was detected 1.8 seconds later

A glitch in the LIGO-Livingston data delayed an accurate position on the sky

11 hours later, astronomers discover a kilonova in NGC 4993 in the error box of GW170817

Timeline of observations of GW170817

The infrared spectrum of the kilonova associated with GW170817 shows two bumps, a signature of very heavy elements.
Observation. Model.

All the gravitational waveforms

Planned mission Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) to detect gravitational waves from merging supermassive black holes

Black hole and neutron star masses (October 2017)