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LIGO and Virgo observatories jointly detect black hole collision
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Aerial view of the Virgo site showing the Mode-Cleaner building, the Central building, the 3 kilometer-long west arm and the beginning of the north arm. The other buildings include offices, workshops, computer rooms and the control room of the interferometer.
Credit: The Virgo collaboration/CCO 1.0
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LIGO operates two detector sites -- one near Hanford in eastern Washington, and another near Livingston, Louisiana. The Livingston detector site is pictured here.
Credit: LIGO Collaboration
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A view of the LIGO detector in Hanford, Washington. LIGO research is carried out by the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, a group of more than 1,000 scientists from universities around the U.S. and 14 other countries.
Credit: LIGO Laboratory
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