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.

June 1, 2017
Education Video
Simulation of the binary black-hole coalescence 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.

June 1, 2017
Science Video
An animation video contrasting two events, GW150914 and GW170104.

February 16, 2017
LIGO Lab • Education Video
A film by Les Guthman on the suspension system holding up LIGO's mirrors.

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.

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

July 9, 2016
LIGO Lab • Science Video
A talk by David Shoemaker (LIGO MIT) at NEAF 2016.

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.

June 15, 2016
Simulation Video
The video shows a numerical simulation of the gravitational-wave event GW151226 associated with a binary black-hole coalescence.

June 15, 2016
Science Video
An animation comparing "chirps" from two LIGO detections.

February 15, 2016
Education Video
On September 14, 2015, LIGO observed ripples in the fabric of spacetime. This video narrative tells the story of the science behind that important detection.

February 15, 2016
Education Video
This video narrative tells the story of the history and legacy of LIGO from the genesis of the idea to the detection in September 2015.

February 11, 2016
Science Video
This annotated animation zooms in on the proton of a hydrogen atom. The movement of the proton shows the tiny changes measured by LIGO.

February 11, 2016
Science Video
This animation zooms in on the proton of a hydrogen atom. The movement of the proton shows the tiny changes measured by LIGO.

February 11, 2016
Science Video
Gravitational waves sent out from a pair of colliding black holes have been converted to sound waves, as heard in this animation.

February 11, 2016
Simulation Video
A computer simulation shows the collision of two black holes, a tremendously powerful event detected for the first time ever by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO. LIGO detected gravitational waves, or ripples in space and...

February 11, 2016
Simulation Video
This simulation depicts the birth, 1.3 billion years ago, of the gravitational waves discovered by LIGO on September 14, 2015.  The waves are generated by two black holes that spiral around each other, then collide and merge.

February 11, 2016
Simulation Video
This computer simulation shows the warping of space and time around two colliding black holes observed by LIGO on September 14, 2015. Gravitational waves are ripples in the shape of space and flow of time.

February 11, 2016
Science Video
This animation illustrates how the twin observatories of LIGO work. One observatory is in Hanford, Washington, the other in Livingston, Louisiana. Each houses a large-scale interferometer, a device that uses the interference of two beams of laser light...

February 11, 2016
Science Video
Gravitational waves stretch and squeeze the fabric of space and time on very minuscule scales; visually exaggerating these effects reveals how Earth is squeezed and stretched. Gravitational waves are generated when massive objects, such as pairs of bla...

February 11, 2016
Simulation Video
A computer simulation of gravitational waves from merging black holes, based on data acquired Sept. 14, 2015 by the LIGO detectors.

February 11, 2016
Education Video
LIGO scientist David Reitze takes us on a 1.3 billion year journey that begins with the violent merger of two black holes in the distant universe. The event produced gravitational waves, tiny ripples in the fabric of space and time, which LIGO detected...

February 11, 2016
Science Video
Part 2 of the press conference announcing the first direct detection of gravitational waves on February 11, 2016.

February 11, 2016
Science Video
Part 1 of the press conference announcing the first direct detection of gravitational waves on February 11, 2016.