LIGO Scientific Collaboration
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC) is a group of scientists focused on the direct detection of gravitational waves, using them to explore the fundamental physics of gravity, and developing the emerging field of gravitational wave science as a tool of astronomical discovery.
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Ten years later, LIGO is a black-hole hunting machine
This story first appeared on Caltech News. LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA celebrate anniversary, announce verification of Stephen Hawking’s black hole area theorem On September 14, 2015, a signal arrived on Earth, carrying information about a pair of remote black holes that had spiraled together and merged. The signal had traveled about 1.3 billion years to… Read More
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Gravitational Waves Explained
LIGO and its partners use spacetime ripples to observe distant collisions involving black holes and neutron stars.
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