Gravitational wave detector LIGO is back online after 3 years of upgrades

Chad Hanna, Penn State, The Conversation – After a three-year hiatus, scientists in the U.S. have just turned on detectors capable of measuring gravitational waves – tiny ripples in space itself that travel through the universe. Unlike light waves, gravitational waves are nearly unimpeded by the galaxies, stars, gas and dust that fill the universe.Continue reading “Gravitational wave detector LIGO is back online after 3 years of upgrades”
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