Sentences with phrase «first detection of gravitational waves»

But it was being upgraded at the time of the historic first detection of gravitational waves by the twin laboratories of Virgo's US cousin, the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational - Wave Observatory (LIGO), and was also out of action for two subsequent sightings.

She has been working on the Laser Interferometer Gravitational - wave Observatory (LIGO) since 1991, and was a member of the team that announced LIGO's first detection of gravitational waves in 2016.

LIGO's first detection of a gravitational wave was a team effort involving hundreds of scientists and engineers who worked together for decades.

When the Laser Interferometer Gravitational - Wave Observatory (LIGO) made the first detection of gravitational waves in 2015, for instance, scientists were able to trace them back to two colliding black holes weighing 36 and 29 solar masses, the lightweight cousins of the supermassive black holes that power quasars.

But 2016's announcement of the first detection of gravitational waves,...

«This was the first detection of gravitational waves, so there was no room for a mistake.»

Three American Association for the Advancement of Science fellows were awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics for work that led to the first detection of gravitational waves by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational - wave Observatory in 2015, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Oct. 3.

On Oct. 3, three AAAS fellows were awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics for work that led to the first detection of gravitational waves by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational - wave Observatory in 2015.

The first detection of gravitational waves, announced on February 11, 2016, was a milestone in physics and astronomy.

A conspicuous «chirp» heralded the first detection of gravitational waves.

The black holes that kicked off the first detection of gravitational waves seem to be the right size and frequency to be long - sought primordial black holes

The first detection of a gravitational wave, says Clifford Will, «will be an exciting moment.

This year, the debate over the top choice — the first detection of gravitational waves — was brief: The achievement fulfilled a 100 - year - old prediction, opened up a potential new branch of astronomy, and was a stunning technological accomplishment.

Through these efforts, astronomers are attempting to understand recently discovered phenomena such as the first detections of gravitational waves from neutron star collisions and the accompanying electromagnetic fireworks as well as regular stars being engulfed by supermassive black holes.

But 2016's announcement of the first detection of gravitational waves, produced 1.3 billion years ago in the collision of two monstrous black holes, has given scientists a whole new way of observing the heavens.

Many physicists were surprised by the selection; speculation online predicted that the prize would be awarded for the first detection of gravitational waves (SN: 3/5/16, p. 6), announced on February 11.

This morning, the National Science Foundation and the Laser Interferometer Gravitational - Wave Observatory (LIGO) teamed up for a celebration at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Amid a large media contingent, and with tens of thousands watching via the Internet, they announced the first detection of gravitational waves.

Only two years ago, a land - based gravitational wave observatory confirmed Einstein's prediction that gravitational fluctuations from moving matter excite infinitesimal ripples in space — this first detection of gravitational waves earned the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics.

In February of last year, the project announced the first detection of gravitational waves caused by two black holes merging — a discovery that was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics earlier this month.

LIGO was responsible for the first detection of gravitational waves last year that resulted from the collision of two black holes.

The first detection of gravitational waves was made last year by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational - Wave Observatory, which picked up the distinctive vibration of two sun - sized black holes merging into a larger black hole.

The LIGO experiment confirms the first detection of gravitational waves from two neutron stars in collision

«So, essentially at my first day at work, I was asked to produce a numerical - relativity waveform that would reproduce the parameters of the first detection of gravitational waves with LIGO.»