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Tagged: LIGO

  • What scientists have learned from hidden ripples in spacetime

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    July 09, 2021

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  • Physicists observationally confirm Hawking’s black hole theorem for the first time

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    July 01, 2021

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  • A new math shortcut helps describe black hole collisions

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    May 23, 2021

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  • Helping scientists succeed

    December 18, 2020

  • Path of least resistance

    October 28, 2020

  • Nergis Mavalvala named School of Science dean

    August 17, 2020

  • Astronomers find the biggest explosion ever seen in the entire universe

    Read it at Forbes

    June 16, 2025

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  • Advanced LIGO just got more advanced thanks to an all-new quantum enhancement

    Read it at Forbes

    December 05, 2019

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  • Massive U.S. machines that hunt for ripples in space-time just got an upgrade

    Listen to it at NPR

    March 19, 2019

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  • A wave of gratitude

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