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The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is a groundbreaking facility dedicated to the detection of gravitational waves, which are ripples in the fabric of space-time caused by some of the most violent and energetic processes in the Universe. LIGO consists of two massive laser interferometers located in Livingston, Louisiana, and Hanford, Washington. These observatories work in unison to measure the minute ripples in space-time generated by phenomena such as colliding black holes or neutron stars. LIGO’s historical achievement came in 2015 when it made the first-ever direct observation of gravitational waves, confirming a major prediction of Albert Einstein’s 1915 general theory of relativity and opening new avenues for astronomical research and our understanding of the cosmos.
Incredibly sensitive instruments used in landmark discoveries could help solve one of the biggest remaining…
Scientists are searching for continuous gravitational waves from neutron stars, aiming to unlock secrets of…
The latest catalog of gravitational waves adds 35 new detections, mostly black hole mergers, plus…
Gravitational wave observatories LIGO and Virgo have detected black holes merging with neutron stars. Scientists…
Many black holes detected by LIGO–Virgo are larger than stellar theory predicts. A new study…
New mirror coatings will increase the volume of space LIGO can probe in its next…
Neutron star mergers can leave behind long-lived neutron stars or black holes, depending on their…
First Detection of Gravitational Waves From Black Holes Swallowing Neutron Stars For the first time,…
Researchers have detected, for the first time, gravitational waves from mergers between a neutron star…
Salvatore Vitale describes how gravitational-wave signals suggest black holes completely devoured their companion neutron stars.…
Gravitational wave detectors have observed a new type of cataclysmic event in the cosmos: the…
LIGO’s mirrors, cooled to near quantum limits, break new ground in quantum mechanics and gravitational-wave…
Study offers evidence, based on gravitational waves, to show that the total area of a…
Mix pair is “elusive missing piece of the family picture of compact object mergers.” A…
The results open possibilities for studying gravity’s effects on relatively large objects in quantum states.…
Researchers have developed a new spin-based method to analyze binary black holes, offering better insight…
Scientists’ focused search for neutron star gravitational “hums” turned up empty, but advanced methods sharpen…