MIT physicist Rainer Weiss shares Nobel Prize in physics | MIT News
LIGO inventor and professor emeritus of physics recognized “for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves.”
Oct. 3, 2017 • ~12 min
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Gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger observed by LIGO and Virgo | MIT News
Finding represents first joint detection of gravitational waves with both detectors.
Sept. 27, 2017 • ~8 min
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Rainer Weiss wins Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research | MIT News
Prestigious Spanish award shared with Caltech's Kip Thorne and Barry Barish and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration for work in detecting gravitational waves.
June 29, 2017 • ~2 min
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LIGO detects merging black holes for third time | MIT News
Nearly 3 billion light years from Earth, the black holes are the farthest ever detected.
June 1, 2017 • ~8 min
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David Shoemaker named spokesperson for LIGO Scientific Collaboration | MIT News
Senior MIT research scientist to speak for international collaboration for gravitational wave detection research.
March 29, 2017 • ~6 min
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Scientists identify a black hole choking on stardust | MIT News
Data suggest black holes swallow stellar debris in bursts.
March 14, 2017 • ~7 min
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Self-made stars | MIT News
Astronomers observe black hole producing cold, star-making fuel from hot plasma jets and bubbles.
Feb. 14, 2017 • ~6 min
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LIGO back online, ready for more discoveries | MIT News
Upgrades make detectors more sensitive to gravitational waves.
Nov. 30, 2016 • ~7 min
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Dead X-ray satellite reveals “quiet” center of massive galaxy cluster | MIT News
Scientists find gas at center of Perseus cluster travels much more slowly than expected.
July 6, 2016 • ~7 min
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For second time, LIGO detects gravitational waves | MIT News
Signal was produced by two black holes colliding 1.4 billion light years away.
June 15, 2016 • ~8 min
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