Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Today we’re leaving the podcast studio to take you on a field trip to the LIGO Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of ...
"It doesn't require any new technology development, which is almost unheard of for solving a LIGO instrumentation problem." ...
A specialist checks the alignment of a test beam at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory. (National Science Foundation Photo) After three years of upgrading and waiting, due in part ...
Scientists from Stanford University and the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory are using powerful X-rays to study high-performance mirror coatings that could help make the ...
LIGO scientists say they have discovered gravitational waves coming from another black hole merger, and it's the tiniest one they've ever seen. The findings, submitted to the Astrophysical Journal ...
Listening out: an upgrade to the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory in Hanford, Washington and Livingston, Louisiana could allow the twin detectors to spot gravitational-wave ...
It missed the historic discovery, but the Virgo lab in Italy is now primed to extend LIGO’s reach and precision. You have full access to this article via your ...
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