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February 9, 2016
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The LIGO detector in Washington.
A view of the LIGO detector in Hanford, Washington. LIGO research is carried out by the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, a group of more than 1000 scientists from universities around the U.S. and in 14 other countries.
Credit: LIGO Laboratory
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