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 …

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 …

Oct 24, 2025 · The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) consists of two widely separated installations within the United States — one in Hanford Washington and the …

LIGO is a national facility for gravitational-wave research providing opportunities for the broader scientific community to participate in detector development, observation, and data analysis.

The U.S. National Science Foundation Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (NSF LIGO) Laboratory is the largest member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC).

Aerial views of the LIGO Livingston (top left) and Hanford (bottom left) observatories. At right, 90 gravitational wave events are depicted in this chart, arranged by their date of detection …

LIGO was designed to make such inconceivable, exquisitely small measurements. To learn how LIGO achieves this seemingly impossible task, visit LIGO's Interferometer.

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Below are answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about the National Science Foundation Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (NSF LIGO)

As technology itself evolves, so too does LIGO, and with each step in its evolution over time, LIGO's instruments and others like it around the world have opened the field of gravitational …