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WEBApr 5, 2024 · New technology in operation at LIGO is tackling quantum mechanical noise, enabling LIGO to probe a larger volume of the Universe and greatly boost the observatory's ability to study the exotic events that shake space and time. Learn More. LIGO Documentary Released. News Release • October 4, 2023.
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WEBIndia approves construction of its own LIGO. 17 Apr 2023 -- The Indian government has granted the final approvals necessary for construction to begin on LIGO-India, a nearly identical version of the twin LIGO facilities.
Gravitational-wave detector LIGO is back — and can now spot …
WEBMay 24, 2023 · The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), which has two massive detectors in Hanford, Washington, and Livingston, Louisiana, is now restarting with improved...
LIGO surpasses the quantum limit - MIT News
WEBOct 23, 2023 · LIGO researchers at MIT, Caltech, and elsewhere report a significant advance in quantum squeezing, which allows them to measure undulations in space-time across the entire range of gravitational frequencies detected by LIGO.
LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA to Resume O4 After Mid-Run Break
WEBApr 3, 2024 · On 10 April 2024, the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration will begin the second phase of its fourth observing run, known as O4b. The European detector Virgo, located in Italy near Pisa, will join the two LIGO detectors in Hanford, Washington, and Livingston, Louisiana, in the United States.
News | LIGO Surpasses the Quantum Limit | LIGO Lab | Caltech
WEBOct 23, 2023 · New technology in operation at LIGO is tackling quantum mechanical noise, enabling LIGO to probe a larger volume of the Universe and greatly boost the observatory's ability to study the exotic events that shake space and time.
Unusually Lightweight Black Hole Candidate Spotted by LIGO
WEBApr 8, 2024 · LIGO has detected a candidate black hole with a mass that falls within a so-called mass gap between the heaviest known neutron stars and the lightest black holes.
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LIGO and Virgo Make First Detection of Gravitational Waves …
WEBOct 16, 2017 · On August 17, LIGO's real-time data analysis software caught a strong signal of gravitational waves from space in one of the two LIGO detectors. At nearly the same time, the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor on NASA's Fermi space telescope detected a burst of gamma rays.
LIGO gravitational wave detector breaks 'quantum limit' to find …
WEBOct 27, 2023 · The sensitivity of LIGO has squeezed the quantum limit, meaning it can now detect merging black holes and neutron stars on smaller scales and at greater distances than ever before.
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