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Science Saturday @LIGO Livingston, June 17th

Livingston • News Release • June 16, 2017

On June 17th, LIGO Science Education Center in Livingston, LA, hosts its monthly Science Saturday when we are open to the public from 1 PM - 5 PM. LIGO's Science Saturdays are free, with tours happening 1 PM - 4 PM.

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LIGO Catches its Third Gravitational Wave!

News Release • June 1, 2017

LIGO detects a third gravitational wave emanating from coalescing black holes.

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Science Saturday @LIGO Livingston, May 20th

Livingston • News Release • May 8, 2017

On May 20th, LIGO Science Education Center in Livingston, LA, will be hosting it's monthly Science Saturday when we are open to the public from 1 PM - 5 PM. Lobby activities will be about space, time and space-time.

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Science Saturday @LIGO Livingston, April 15th

Livingston • News Release • April 14, 2017

On April 15th, LIGO Science Education Center in Livingston, LA, will be hosting it's monthly Science Saturday when we are open to the public from 1 PM - 5 PM. Lobby activities will be all about gas.

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LIGO Scientific Collaboration Elects David Shoemaker as Spokesperson

News Release • March 30, 2017

David Shoemaker, MIT senior research scientist, was elected spokesperson of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration. Shoemaker was the leader of the Advanced LIGO project. He succeeds outgoing spokesperson Gabriela González. - See more at: http://ligo.org/news/index.php#shoemakerLSC

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Science Saturday @LIGO Livingston, March 18th.

Livingston • News Release • March 14, 2017

On March 18th, Science Education Center in Livingston, LA opens its doors to the public and engages the public with science activities on Pi & other patterns from 1PM - 5 PM. Tours are given from 1PM - 4 PM. Free.

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LIGO Mourns the Passing of one of its Founders

News Release • March 9, 2017

LIGO Mourns the Passing of one of its Co-Founders, Prof Ronald Drever

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Science Saturday @LIGO Livingston, Feb. 18th.

Livingston • News Release • February 17, 2017

On Science Saturday's LIGO, Livingston opens its doors to the public, and engages the public with meaningful science activities. Tours of the site are given throughout the day. On February 18th we celebrate Valentines with Lobby activities on attraction (magnetic, gravitational and electric).

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New movie on LIGO's Mirror suspensions

News Release • February 16, 2017

The Advanced LIGO Documentary project released an 8 minute video looking at the suspension system that holds up LIGO's Mirrors.

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New LIGO movie premieres

News Release • February 7, 2017

A new movie about LIGO was just released and is premiering on the newscientist web page at: https://www.newscientist.com/round-up/ligodetection/.

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National Academy of Sciences Honors LIGO Researchers

News Release • January 26, 2017

National Academy of Sciences' Henry Draper Medal and the 2017 Award for Scientific Discovery awarded to members of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration

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Science Saturday @LIGO Livingston, January 21st

Livingston • News Release • January 12, 2017

On Science Saturday's LIGO, Livingston opens its doors to the public, and engages the public with meaningful science activities. Tours of the site are given throughout the day. On January 21st we celebrate a Colorful New Year with new exhibits on color and vision and Lobby activities to complement these exhibits.

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LIGO Resumes Search for Gravitational Waves

News Release • November 30, 2016

After a series of upgrades, LIGO has turned back on and resumed its search for ripples in the fabric of space and time.

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Spin in to Science on Nov. 19th

Livingston • News Release • November 16, 2016

On Nov. 19th LIGO's Science Education Center in Livingston, LA will open its doors for its monthly Science Saturday - when visitors can tour the site, experience the exhibit hall and experiment with Spinning objects in the Lobby. LIGO will be open from 1 PM - 5 PM with tours taking place every 20-30 minutes.

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LIGO Launches "Gravity Spy" Citizen Science Program

News Release • October 18, 2016

LIGO's newest Citizen Science Program, Gravity Spy, will enable anyone around the world to help LIGO scientists and LIGO computers become better and faster at finding the telltale traces of gravitational waves.

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LIGO Celebrates First Anniversary of Historic Gravitational Wave Detection!

Feature Story • September 14, 2016

Today, LIGO celebrates and reflects on the first ever detection of gravitational waves, made on September 14, 2015.

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LIGO Pioneers Receive Kavli Prize in Norway

News Release • September 9, 2016

LIGO's Kavli Prize winners received their awards this week in Oslo, Norway

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aLIGO Engineering Team Receives Prestigious Optical Society Award

News Release • September 7, 2016

LIGO is pleased to announce that The Optical Society (OSA) has selected the Advanced LIGO Engineering Team as the 2016 recipient of the Paul F. Forman Team Engineering Excellence Award.

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Explore LIGO's Good Vibrations at Science Saturday, Sept. 17th

Livingston • News Release • September 2, 2016

On Sept. 17th LIGO's Science Education Center in Livingston, LA will open its doors for its monthly Science Saturday - where visitors can tour the site, experience the exhibit hall and experiment with vibrations & waves in the lobby. LIGO will be open from 1 PM - 5 PM with tours taking place every 30 minutes.

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Flooding Closure

Livingston • News Release • August 18, 2016

LIGO Livingston has decided to CANCEL its monthly Science Saturday in August due to the historic flooding in the region. While the LIGO facility is in good shape, cancelling will allow the staff to concentrate on the larger local cleanup efforts.

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Swing into Science Saturday, July 16th

Livingston • News Release • July 13, 2016

July 16th from 1 PM - 5 PM LIGO Livingston's Science Education Center Swings into Science Saturday! Take tours, explore the exhibit hall and have a fun educational time exploring pendulums and things that swing. Free.

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News Release • June 15, 2016

GRAVITATIONAL WAVES DETECTED FROM SECOND PAIR OF COLLIDING BLACK HOLES.

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LIGO Does It Again: A Second Robust Binary Black Hole Coalescence Observed

News Release • June 15, 2016

On December 26, 2015, LIGO's detectors caught a second robust signal from two black holes in their final orbits and then their coalescence into a single black hole.

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LIGO's Colorful Science Saturday, June 18th

Livingston • News Release • June 8, 2016

June 18th from 1 PM - 5 PM LIGO Livingston's Science Education Center presents a Science Saturday on Colorful Science! Take tours, explore the exhibit hall and interact with lobby activities - all free of charge.

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Congratulations LISA Pathfinder!

News Release • June 7, 2016

The LIGO team congratulates LISA Pathfinder on their results published in Physical Review Letters. LISA Pathfinder is testing the key technologies that will go into a space-based gravitational wave detector. Such detectors will complement ground-based gravitational wave detectors such as LIGO.