Researchers at the MIT LIGO Laboratory saw that the those fluctuations could move an object as big as a 40-kilogram mirror.

One of LIGO’s four 40-kg mirrors cooled during the experiment. Together, these mirrors form a mechanical oscillator of 10-kg — which the team cooled down in their experiment.

LIGO Laboratory is operated by Caltech and MIT, and is funded by the NSF with contributions to the Advanced LIGO detectors from Germany (Max Planck Society), the U.K. (Science and Technology ...

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) just detected gravitational waves, ripples in time and space, for the third time. Two black holes collided, forming a huge black hole ...

Caltech, MIT, LIGO lab By Emily Conover June 17, 2021 at 2:00 pm - More than 2 years ago Quantum mechanics usually applies to very small objects: atoms, electrons and the like.

Seven years ago, researchers with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) reported the first detection of gravitational waves. Now, the list of gravitational wave candidates ...

Soon, the gravitational wave detector will begin using quantum techniques. LIGO Lab/MIT/Caltech By Emily Conover February 15, 2019 at 3:54 pm ...

Squeezed state-of-the-art: LIGO team members install equipment as part of the squeezed-light upgrade. (Courtesy: LIGO/Caltech/MIT/Matt Heintze) Quantum squeezing has been used to increase the ...

LIGO’s detectors in Hanford, WA and Livingston, LA both picked up the signal, dubbed GW170104. This makes the collision the third black hole merger LIGO has detected—and the most powerful.

LIGO’s initial success Lisa Barsotti, now at the MIT Kavli Institute, was one of the researchers on this groundbreaking project.

For the third time, LIGO has detected a collision of two black holes — and cemented the idea that gravity-wave astronomy is here to stay.

(LIGO / Caltech / MIT Photo / Jeff Kissel) Physicists won’t be fooling around on April 1 at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory in Washington state and Louisiana, or at the ...