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LIGO: Detection
April 3, 2018
Education Video
Kai Staats' documentary about LIGO's historic detection.
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LIGO: A Discovery that Shook the World
February 22, 2018
Education Video
This video talks about GW170817 - the first gravitational waves detected from neutron star collisions.
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Jets and Debris from Neutron Star Collision
October 16, 2017
Education Video
Animation showing what is emitted from a neutron star binary.
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Last Dance of Neutron Star Pair
October 16, 2017
Education Video
Animation of binary neutron star merger
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Variety of Gravitational Waves
October 16, 2017
Education Video
A comparison of Gravitational waves.
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LIGO and Virgo's 1st detection of gravitational waves fro...
October 16, 2017
Education Video
LIGO and Virgo's 1st detection of gravitational waves from colliding neutron stars (Press Conference and Online Q&A Session)
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Hearing the Wave
October 16, 2017
Education Video
Try listening for the nearly hidden gravitational wave in LIGO's data.
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Final Flight of Neutron Star Pair
October 16, 2017
Education Video
Animation of binary neutron star merger
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Zooming in on the Source of Gravitational Waves
October 16, 2017
Education Video
How LIGO, Virgo and a variety of telescopes zoomed in on the location for the source of FW170817.
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Ripples of Gravity, Flashes of Light
October 16, 2017
Education Video
The story of neutron stars combining and GW170817.
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Neutron Star Merger
October 16, 2017
Education Video
Animation of binary neutron star merger.
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Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish and Kip Thorne Win the 2017 No...
October 3, 2017
Education Video
The announcement of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics
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Joint LIGO-Virgo Press Conference on GW170814
September 28, 2017
Education Video
A joint LIGO-Virgo press conference on GW170814
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GW170814
September 27, 2017
Education Video
Animation of GW170814
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The New Age of Gravitational Wave Astronomy
August 9, 2017
LIGO Lab • Education Video
A film by Les Guthman about the new age of gravitational wave astronomy.
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Simulation of the binary black-hole coalescence GW170104
June 1, 2017
Education Video
Simulation of the binary black-hole coalescence GW170104
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Simulation of GW170104
June 1, 2017
Science Video
This animation shows the inspiral and merger of two black holes with masses and spins consistent with the GW170104 observation.
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Comparison of the gravitational wave events GW150914 and ...
June 1, 2017
Science Video
An animation video contrasting two events, GW150914 and GW170104.
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Space-Time Disturbances GW170104
June 1, 2017
Education Video
A mathematical simulation of the warped space-time near two merging black holes, consistent with LIGO's observation of the event dubbed GW170104.
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Mirrors that hang on glass threads
February 16, 2017
LIGO Lab • Education Video
A film by Les Guthman on the suspension system holding up LIGO's mirrors.
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LIGO Scientists Speak at the 2016 World Science Festival
September 27, 2016
Education Video
Physicist and author, Brian Greene, interviews a panel of LIGO research scientists during a public lecture at the World Science Festival held in New York City on June 23, 2016
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Mike Landry TedxYYC
September 27, 2016
Education Video
Physicist Michael Landry describes LIGO's first direct detections of gravitational waves from colliding black holes, discoveries that have opened an entirely new field of astronomy, effectively allowing us to listen to the universe.
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David Shoemaker: The Confirmation of Gravitational Waves
July 9, 2016
LIGO Lab • Science Video
A talk by David Shoemaker (LIGO MIT) at NEAF 2016.
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Ripples in Spacetime Pond
June 15, 2016
Simulation Video
An animation showing the merger of two black holes and the gravitational waves that ripple outward during the GW151226 event, detected by LIGO on Dec. 26, 2015.
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Simulation of the binary black-hole coalescence GW151226
June 15, 2016
Simulation Video
The video shows a numerical simulation of the gravitational-wave event GW151226 associated with a binary black-hole coalescence.
 
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