29 September 2017
Virgo and LIGO detect fourth gravitational wave signal
... to announce the first discovery made in partnership between the Virgo Gravitational-Wave Observatory and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the first time a gravitational-wave detection was observed by these observatories, located thousands of miles...
25 November 2016
New search shows no link between gravitational waves and gamma-ray bursts
... using the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory or LIGO for short. These distortions in spacetime are caused...years away that were detected by members of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC). Established in 1997, the LSC is ...
12 February 2016
A scientific breakthrough as gravitational waves detected for the first time
... physical reality of gravitational waves was debated and their existence considered to be true. The detection made by the LIGO Scientific Collaboration was made on September 14, 2015 from two black holes with masses of ~36 and ~29 times greater than...
19 April 2016
Gravitational waves poised to be pinpointed by gamma ray burst
...Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration. "There is an incredible synergy between the ...event." He will be discussing the burst and how Fermi and LIGO are working together in an invited talk at the American Physical Society...
