Historical Organization
LIGO Scientific Collaboration
LIGO Scientific Collaboration
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Organization Timeline
First gravitational-wave detection is announced
📅 11 February 2016LIGO scientists reported a signal from merging black holes recorded on 14 September 2015.
A new way to study the cosmos is introduced
📅 11 February 2016The announced result opened observational astronomy using ripples in spacetime.
Black-hole merger enters public scientific record
📅 11 February 2016The collaboration explained how two detectors had measured the same astrophysical signal.
Gabriela González speaks for a global team
📅 11 February 2016The LIGO spokesperson helped present a discovery produced by a large international collaboration.
Neutron-star merger sends gravitational waves
📅 17 August 2017LIGO and Virgo detected a signal from two merging neutron stars.
Multiple telescopes follow one cosmic event
📅 17 August 2017The merger was also observed with electromagnetic instruments, launching a coordinated campaign.
A gamma-ray burst accompanies the merger
📅 17 August 2017A brief gamma-ray signal arrived shortly after the gravitational waves, linking two forms of observation.
Multi-messenger astronomy records GW170817
📅 17 August 2017The combined observations connected gravitational waves with light from the same distant event.