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LIGO Surpasses the Quantum Limit

Feature Story • October 23, 2023

New technology in operation at LIGO is tackling quantum mechanical noise, enabling LIGO to probe a larger volume of the Universe and greatly boost the observatory's ability to study the exotic events that shake space and time.

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India Approves Construction of Its Own LIGO

Feature Story • April 17, 2023

LIGO-India will greatly improve the localization of sources of gravitational waves

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Quantum fluctuations can jiggle objects on the human scale

Feature Story • July 1, 2020

For the first time, a team led by researchers at LIGO MIT has measured the effects of quantum fluctuations on an object at the human scale.

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LIGO Celebrates First Anniversary of Historic Gravitational Wave Detection!

Feature Story • September 14, 2016

Today, LIGO celebrates and reflects on the first ever detection of gravitational waves, made on September 14, 2015.

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LIGO Mourns the Loss of Vladimir Braginsky

Feature Story • April 25, 2016

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White House Congratulates the LIGO Team

Feature Story • February 12, 2016

President Obama congratulates the LIGO team on Twitter. John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, also congratulates the LIGO Team.