Research
A catalogue of insights from the fourth LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA observing run
Nature · By Christopher P. L. Berry ·
The Brief
- A Perspective in Nature Astronomy, published online 13 November 2026, reviews discoveries from the fourth LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA observing run.
- Gravitational waves have now been detected in the hundreds, giving access to a more diverse population of merging black hole binaries.
Why it matters
The larger sample of detected black hole mergers gives researchers a broader base for studying how these binaries form and what they are like.
Who’s affected
- astronomers and gravitational-wave researchers
- fourth LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA observing run
- #gravitational waves
- #black holes
- #ligo
- #virgo
- #kagra
- #astronomy
Nature Astronomy, Published online: 13 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41550-026-03011-4 Gravitational waves have now been detected in their hundreds, allowing access to an ever more diverse population of merging black hole binaries. This Perspective reviews the discoveries from the…