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Welcome to LIGO Livingston

• October 9, 2020

LIGO Livingston is located in Livingston Louisiana, in a vast, humid, loblolly pine forest. Home to one of LIGO's two gravitational wave detectors, our facility operates in tandem with LIGO Hanford to listen for the faint whispers of gravitational waves from the most energetic events in the universe. LIGO Livingston is also home to LIGO's Science Education Center, which hosts schools, teacher workshops, tours and monthly Science Saturdays - where the public is invited to explore the science and engineering that underpin our quest to study the universe via gravitational waves.
A “bang” in LIGO and Virgo detectors signals most massive gravitational-wave source yet

News Release • September 2, 2020

GW190521, a binary black hole merger likely produced gravitational waves equal to the energy of eight suns.
LIGO-Virgo Finds Mystery Object in "Mass Gap"

News Release • June 23, 2020

LIGO and Virgo report the observation of a merger involving a black hole of 23 solar masses and a compact object of 2.6 solar masses, detected during LIGO’s and Virgo’s 3rd observing run on August 14, 2019. The merger resulted in a final black hole of about 25 solar masses, located about 800 million light-years from Earth.
GW190412: The Merger of Two Black Holes with Unequal Masses

News Release • April 20, 2020

On April 12, 2019, LIGO and Virgo observed gravitational waves produced by the inspiral and merger of two black holes of unequal masses, an event dubbed GW190412.
LIGO-Virgo Network Catches Another Neutron Star Collision

News Release • January 6, 2020

LIGO and VIrgo detect another binary neutron star collision, dubbed GW190425.
What are gravitational waves? Why are we looking for them? LIGO's impact Public alerts of candidate events

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Science Saturdays cancelled

News Release • September 18, 2020

LIGO Livingston Observatory is canceling its March through October Science Saturdays, as well as all other public events in order to reduce risks posed by COVID-19. This decision comes from following Louisiana and CDC guidelines limiting events involving large gatherings of people, especially in communal/small spaces. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and we hope to resume our regular tour schedule in the future.

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LIGO Celebrates 5th Anniversary of First Gravitational Wave Detection

News Release • September 14, 2020

Syd Meshkov, 1927-2020

News Release • September 11, 2020

Webinar on GW190521 Results from the LIGO-Virgo-Kagra Collaboration

News Release • September 1, 2020

Science Saturday @LIGO Livingston, Feb 15th

News Release • February 15, 2020

Science Saturday @LIGO Livingston, January 18th

News Release • January 10, 2020

Researchers

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Physical/shipping address:
19100 LIGO Lane
Livingston, LA 70754

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PO Box 940
Livingston, LA 70754

Tours: Kathy Holt
tel (225) 686-3193

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