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Mapping LIGO’s Detections During Fi...
June 15, 2016
LIGO Lab • Collage
A 3-D projection of the Milky Way onto a transparent globe showing probable locations of all three LIGO events detected during the first observing run.
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Massive Bodies Warp Space-Time
February 11, 2016
LIGO Lab • Artwork
How our sun and Earth warp space and time, or spacetime, is represented here with a green grid. As Albert Einstein demonstrated in his theory of general relativity, the gravity of massive bodies warps the fabric of space and time—and tho...
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Gravitational Waves, As Einstein Pr...
February 11, 2016
LIGO Lab • Chart
These plots show the signals of gravitational waves detected by the twin LIGO observatories at Livingston, Louisiana, and Hanford, Washington. The signals came from two merging black holes, each about 30 times the mass of our sun, lying ...
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Two black holes merging
February 11, 2016
LIGO Lab • Simulation
An illustration of two black holes merging.
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Gravitational-Wave Observatories Ac...
February 11, 2016
LIGO Lab • Chart
This map shows gravitational-wave observatories (both operating and planned) across the globe.
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Two Black Holes Merge into One
February 11, 2016
LIGO Lab • Simulation
The collision of two black holes holes—a tremendously powerful event detected for the first time ever by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO—is seen in this still from a computer simulation. This simulation s...
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Where the Gravitational Waves Came ...
February 11, 2016
LIGO Lab • Collage
The approximate location of the source of gravitational waves detected on September 14, 2015, by the twin LIGO facilities is shown on this sky map of the southern hemisphere.
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Advanced LIGO's Extended Reach
January 28, 2016
LIGO Lab • Chart
Advanced LIGO's Extended Reach
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Inspecting LIGO's optics for contam...
December 14, 2015
Livingston • Photograph
LIGO Livingston optics technician, Gary Traylor, uses a light to meticulously inspect one of LIGO’s laser-reflecting mirrors for dust particles or other contaminants
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LIGO Livingston
May 19, 2015
Livingston • Photograph
LIGO's Livingston, Louisiana detector
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LIGO Hanford beam tube
May 19, 2015
Hanford • Photograph
One of LIGO Hanford's two beam tubes, or interferometer arms.
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Advanced LIGO Dedication
May 19, 2015
LIGO Lab • Photograph
Advanced LIGO Dedication. Left to right: LIGO Executive Director David Reitze; NSF Director France Cordova; Caltech President Thomas Rosenbaum.
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Advanced LIGO Dedication
May 19, 2015
LIGO Lab • Photograph
Advanced LIGO was dedicated during a ceremony at LIGO Hanford on 19 May 2015.
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LIGO Livingston
May 19, 2015
Livingston • Photograph
LIGO's Livingston, Louisiana detector
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LIGO Hanford control room
March 26, 2015
Hanford • Photograph
LIGO Hanford's control room
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LIGO Hanford control room
March 26, 2015
Hanford • Photograph
LIGO Hanford's control room
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Hanford achieves interferometer lock
December 3, 2014
Hanford • Photograph
Hanford achieves interferometer lock on December 12, 2014
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Hanford achieves interferometer lock
December 3, 2014
Hanford • Photograph
Hanford achieves interferometer lock
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Hanford achieves interferometer lock
December 3, 2014
Hanford • Photograph
Hanford achieves interferometer lock
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LIGO Hanford laser and vacuum equip...
June 26, 2014
Hanford • Photograph
LIGO Hanford laser and vacuum equipment area
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LIGO Hanford laser and vacuum equip...
June 26, 2014
Hanford • Photograph
Laser and vacuum equipment area at LIGO Hanford
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LIGO TMS Upgrade
February 10, 2014
LIGO Lab • Photograph
LIGO TMS Upgrade
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One of LIGO's test masses installed...
January 1, 2014
LIGO Lab • Photograph
LIGO test mass installed in its suspension
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One of LIGO's test masses
September 5, 2013
LIGO Lab • Photograph
One of LIGO's test masses in suspension
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Preparing an optical mode cleaner
July 10, 2012
Hanford • Photograph
Preparing an optical mode cleaner
 
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