the EPTA is a multinational collaboration of scientists
Our aim is to detect gravitational waves using pulsar timing. To do this, we are performing long-term timing observations and analysis on an array of pulsar systems scattered across the sky.
MoreScientists discover ultra-low-frequency gravitational waves
Watch this ERC video featuring ERC grantees Michael Kramer from Max Planck Institute of Radioastronomy and University of Manchester, Alberto Sesana from University Milano Bicocca who played key roles in the research explain this scientific breakthrough.
Press Releases
EPTA receives the 2025 RAS Group Achievement Award
We are delighted to announce that the Royal Astronomical Society awarded its prestigious 2025 Group Award in Astronomy to the European Pulsar Timing Array. The award recognises the scientific breakthrough enabled by the recent EPTA seco...
More
EPTA announces evidence for nanohertz gravitational waves
EPTA joins international teams in reporting evidence for low frequency gravitational waves An international collaboration of European astronomers, together with Indian and Japanese colleagues, have published the results of more than 25 year...
More
IPTA reports evidence for low-frequency gravitational waves
An international team of astronomers, including a large number of members of the European Pulsar Timing Array (EPTA) consortium, has announced the results of a comprehensive search for a background of low-frequency gravitational waves (GWs)....
More