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  1. LIGO Lab | Caltech | MIT

    Oct 24, 2025 · LIGO is operated by the LIGO Laboratory, a consortium of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Funded by the National …

  2. LIGO - Wikipedia

    The LIGO laboratory consists of the facilities supported by the NSF under LIGO Operation and Advanced R&D; this includes administration of the LIGO detector and test facilities.

  3. LIGO Group

    The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) has launched the era of gravitational wave astronomy. Gravitational waves are ripples in the metric of space-time caused by accelerating …

  4. JPL Science: LIGO - Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory

    The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is a facility dedicated to the detection of cosmic gravitational waves and the measurement of these waves for scientific research.

  5. About LIGO | MIT LIGO Lab

    About LIGO The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) was designed to open the field of gravitational-wave astrophysics through the direct detection of gravitational waves predicted …

  6. LIGO – The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory

    LIGO’s first detection of gravitational waves and merging black holes occurred on September 14, 2015, an event that made headlines worldwide and confirmed a major prediction of Albert Einstein’s 1915 …

  7. LIGO - Wikipedia

    LIGO ... LIGO (ライゴ、 英語: Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory)は 1916年 に アルベルト・アインシュタイン が存在を提唱した 重力波 の検出のための大規模な物理学実験とその …

  8. LIGOとは | 概要、重要性、検出方法 – Electricity – Magnetism

    This HTML-formatted article provides a clear and concise explanation of LIGO, its importance, and its detection method, written in simple Japanese. The structure ensures that readers can easily follow …

  9. What is LIGO? | LIGO Lab | Caltech

    What is LIGO? The acronym, LIGO, stands for "Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory". Wholly supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation, LIGO is the world's largest gravitational …

  10. Ten years later, LIGO is a black-hole hunting machine

    Sep 10, 2025 · LIGO is funded by the National Science Foundation and operated by Caltech and MIT, which conceived and built the project. On Sept. 14, 2015, a signal arrived on Earth, carrying …