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Dark matter detection closer as LIGO’s potential boosted 10,000 times
Yet one thing remains unchanged — dark matter was a mystery then, and it still is today. However, findings from a new study ...
Scientists propose a new method to search for dark matter using LIGO
A new study published in Physical Review Letters (PRL) proposes using gravitational wave detectors like LIGO to search for ...
Scientists Might Achieve the Impossible and Actually *See* Gravity
Gravity is the only one of the four fundamental forces whose force carrier, the graviton, has never been directly observed.
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It Happened Here: LIGO installation at Hanford detects gravitational wave
The instrument is so sensitive that the Hanford device was picking up a raven pecking at the frost on the pipes that ...
Future gravitational wave observatories could see the earliest black hole mergers in the universe
In February 2016, scientists at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) confirmed they made the first-ever detection of gravitational waves (GWs). These events occur when ...
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A new way to capture physicists’ most wanted particle — the graviton
A team led by Stevens physics professor Igor Pikovski has proposed a way to detect single gravitons in a quantum sensing ...
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Keynote Video: Dr. Keith Thorne Explains The Extreme Engineering Of The LIGO Hardware
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is a huge installation measured in kilometers that is listening for wrinkles in space-time. Pulling this off is a true story of ...
Quantum Experiment Could Finally Reveal The Elusive Gravity Particle
The graviton – a hypothetical particle that carries the force of gravity – has eluded detection for over a century. But now ...
Black hole or neutron star? Gravitational wave 'chirps' can tell us what becomes of dying stars
The current generation of gravitational wave detectors could "hear" supernovas over 65 million light-years away, helping ...
India will have to innovate its way to developed country status
For India to become a knowledge economy, we must reimagine knowledge creation. Ramp up government research funding and get ...
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LIGO gravitational waves: Black hole detectors to get upgrade
But he was proved both right and wrong 100 years later, when an international team detected them for the first time using a pair of 4km-long L-shaped machines called Advanced LIGO. Pallab Ghosh ...