2024年7月19日 · The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) consists of two widely separated installations within the United States — one in Hanford Washington and the other in Livingston, Louisiana — operated in unison as a single observatory.

LIGO Livingston offers tours of the detector's control room, and has a professionally curated exhibit hall with 50 interactive science exhibits.

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is a large-scale physics experiment and observatory designed to detect cosmic gravitational waves and to develop gravitational-wave observations as an astronomical tool. [1] .

At LIGO get inspired! Located in Livingston, Louisiana the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory allows you to explore the inner scientist in you with themed LIGO science topics and hands-on-activities, tour the facility and talk with a LIGO Scientist or science specialist.

Comprising two enormous laser interferometers located 3000 kilometers apart, LIGO exploits the physical properties of light and of space itself to detect and understand the origins of gravitational waves (GW).

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is located in Livingston, Louisiana. LIGO is designed to open the field of gravitational-wave astrophysics through the direct detection of gravitational waves predicted by Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity.

Livingston is home to one of LIGO’s two gravitational wave detectors. Our facility operates in tandem with LIGO Hanford to listen for the faint whispers of gravitational waves from the most energetic events in the universe.

2025年1月30日 · LIGO has two widely-separated 4-km-long interferometers — in Hanford, Washington, and Livingston, Louisiana — that work together to detect gravitational waves by employing high-power laser beams. The discoveries these detectors make offer a new way to observe the universe and address questions about the nature of black holes, cosmology, and ...

Located in Hanford, Washington and Livingston, Louisiana LIGO consists of two identical interferometers that work together to detect these elusive signals. Each interferometer has an L-shaped vacuum chamber with two 4-kilometer-long arms that house powerful lasers and ultra-sensitive mirrors.