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Welcome to LIGO Hanford

• November 16, 2020

LIGO Hanford is located in the Columbia Basin region of Eastern Washington near the Tri-Cities of Richland, Kennewick, and Pasco. Our facility operates in tandem with the LIGO Livingston detector to listen for the faint whispers of gravitational waves from the most energetic events in the universe.

LIGO Hanford hosts site tours, school field trips, and special public events. Use the menus above to see our tour and event schedules, and to learn more about the science and engineering that are driving the search for and study of 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.
What are gravitational waves? Why are we looking for them? LIGO's Impact Public Alerts

News

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LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Webinar on Recent Search for Lensing Signatures in Gravitational-wave Observations

News Release • May 24, 2021

Watch a video of the webinar.

Headlines

O3a Bulk Strain Data Release

News Release • April 17, 2021

LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Webinar to Discuss New Results on the Gravitational-wave Background

News Release • February 2, 2021

LIGO and Virgo to Receive IEEE Milestone Plaques

News Release • January 22, 2021

Winner of the 2020 Award for Excellence in Detector Characterization and Calibration Announced

News Release • November 23, 2020

LIGO, Virgo and Kagra Observing Run Plans

News Release • November 17, 2020

Researchers

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Upcoming LIGO Hanford Public Tours:

LIGO HANFORD OBSERVATORY HAS SUSPENDED ALL OUTREACH ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING SATURDAY TOURS UNTIL OCTOBER 2021 AT THE EARLIEST (SUBJECT TO CHANGE). FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT THE TOURS AND EVENTS PAGE

Contact LIGO Hanford

Physical/shipping address:
127124 N Rt. 10
Richland, WA 99354

Postal address:
PO Box 159
Richland, WA 99352-0159

46 27 18.528 N, 119 24 27.5657 W

Information: (509) 372-8106

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