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As the third LIGO–Virgo operating run (O3) finishes earlier than planned owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, we look at the ups and down of the past 12 months.

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Fig. 1: Timeline of the third LIGO–Virgo operating run (O3).

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Georgescu, I. O3 highlights. Nat Rev Phys 2, 222–223 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42254-020-0179-3

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