APOD: 2016 February 11 - LIGO Detects Gravitational Waves ...
2016 February 11. LIGO Detects Gravitational Waves from Merging Black Holes. Illustration Credit: LIGO, NSF, Aurore Simonnet ( Sonoma State U.) Explanation: Gravitational radiation has been directly detected. The first-ever detection was made by both facilities of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) in Washington and ...