UPDATE ON THE NEXT LIGO/VIRGO/KAGRA OBSERVING RUN

LIGO detectors at Livingston, LA and Hanford, WA. [Credit: Caltech/MIT/LIGO Lab]

31 Jan 2023 — The LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA collaborations have released an update of their observing plans. The next observing run (O4) has been delayed, with an expected start now planned for late May 2023. The anticipated duration of the O4 run has also been extended to 18 calendar months rather than 12. For more details see the full announcement on the observing plans website.