12 Jul 2018 — The LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC) congratulates members of the IceCube Collaboration on discovering the first ever evidence that links high-energy cosmic neutrinos to the nuclei of active galaxies powered by supermassive black holes. This remarkable discovery, confirmed by electromagnetic telescopes around the world, illuminates a century-old puzzle about the origins of high-energy cosmic rays and marks a major breakthrough for the emerging new field of multi-messenger astrophysics.
The LSC looks forward to the global network of gravitational-wave detectors beginning their next observing run, and the exciting prospect of detecting electromagnetic radiation, gravitational waves, and neutrinos from the most powerful astrophysical events in the cosmos.
For additional information see the associated NSF press release.