Ten years of gravitational-wave astronomy
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2025-09-19 v2 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract
Ten years ago humankind achieved the first direct observation of gravitational waves. I give some personal recollections of that first detection. I also present an incomplete summary of what we have learned since then, and some speculations on what we may learn in the future.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2509.10395,
title = {Ten years of gravitational-wave astronomy},
author = {Emanuele Berti},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.10395},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
Invited contribution to an upcoming special edition of the Portuguese Physical Society's "Gazeta de F\'isica" dedicated to gravitational waves. v2: Fixed a typo