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8 October: Industrial Advisory Board meeting in Liège

The Einstein Telescope and its preparatory projects push the boundaries of current technologies. Both in the field of gravitational wave detectors, and in the field of geological research. One of...

Einstein Telescope approved for ESFRI Roadmap 2021

On June 30th, the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) decided to include the Einstein Telescope in the 2021 upgrade of its roadmap. This confirms the relevance of this...

Documentary series Einstein Telescope on TVL

In the week of 7 June, the Belgian TV Limburg channel will broadcast the documentary series ‘Einstein in Limburg’. They will show a 3-minute episode about different aspects of the...

Einstein Telescope on longlist Dutch National Growth Fund

The Einstein Telescope is one of 242 ideas on the 2021 longlist of the Dutch National Growth Fund. This fund consists of €20 billion, which the government will invest over...

Ideas for German Astrophysics Centre in Saxony

An initiative of leading German scientists wants to establish a German Astrophysics Centre (DZA) in Lausitz. To this end, they submitted a plan at the end of April to the...

Item about ETpathfinder on 1Limburg

“It could have been a setting from a science fiction film, but it really is Maastricht University’s new research lab,”. This is how the video report about ETpathfinder begins that...

Video animation of Einstein Telescope now available online

Nikhef engineer Marco Kraan made a video animation of the Einstein Telescope. This allows you to virtually wander through the future underground observatory for gravitational waves. Take a look at...

New project ET2SMEs connects Einstein Telescope and companies

March 2021 marked the official start of a new project related to the Einstein Telescope: ET2SMEs. This project aims to stimulate the involvement of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in...

New European project directorate for Einstein Telescope

The developments around the Einstein Telescope are accelerating. Until last September, the European consortium was preparing an application for the European Roadmap for Large Research Infrastructures ESFRI. The application has...

Announcing the discovery of gravitational waves – five years later

It’s exactly five years ago that scientists announced that they had managed to detect gravitational waves. The actual first detection was in September 2015, and confirmed a prediction of Albert...