LIGO
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The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory is a large-scale physics experiment and observatory designed to detect cosmic gravitational waves and to develop gravitational-wave observations as an astronomical tool. Wikipedia
Start date: 1992
Inventor: physicist Rainer Weiss
Alternative names: LIGO
Built: 1994–2002
First light: 23 August 2002
Length: 4,000 m (13,123 ft 4 in)
Location: LIGO Hanford Observatory and LIGO Livingston
