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LIGO collaboration

LIGO announces detection of gravitational waves from colliding neutron stars Illustration of gravitational waves

LIGO announces detection of gravitational waves from colliding neutron stars

Oct 16, 2017
UChicago physicist lauds Nobel winners who led efforts to detect gravitational waves simulation of black holes colliding

UChicago physicist lauds Nobel winners who led efforts to detect gravitational waves

Oct 3, 2017
LIGO detects colliding black holes for third time

LIGO detects colliding black holes for third time

Jun 1, 2017
Gravitational waves detected from second pair of colliding black holes Image of the merger of two black holes and the gravitational waves that ripple outward as the black holes spiral toward each other

Gravitational waves detected from second pair of colliding black holes

Jun 15, 2016
Gravitational waves detected 100 years after Einstein’s prediction simulation of black holes colliding

Gravitational waves detected 100 years after Einstein’s prediction

Feb 11, 2016

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