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February 9, 2016
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Aerial view of the LIGO laboratory in Louisiana.
An aerial view of the LIGO detector in Livingston, Louisiana. LIGO has two detectors: one in Livingston and the other in Hanford, Washington. LIGO is funded by NSF; Caltech and MIT conceived, built and operate the laboratories.
Credit: LIGO Laboratory
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