LIGO Livingston
@LIGOLA
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Unofficial twitter of the LIGO Livingston Observatory
30.5628° N 90.7742° W
Joined January 2010
Tonight's Question: "Barry Barish who shared the 2017 prize for detecting gravitational waves, called his award 'a win for' this predecessor #jeopardy #gwave #einstein #NobelPrize
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This #GWave is just 8 years old (from our discovery), really it was a billion years old when we found it. Happy birthday #GWaveAstronomy !
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RT @LIGO: Happy 8th birthday to the one that started it all: #GW150914! After Einstein predicted the existence of #GravitationalWaves, it…
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Want to work at @LIGOLA doing outreach? We are looking for a Physical Science Educator and a science program evaluator and educator #funjobs #gravitywaves #EducationJobs
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The first detection of gravitational waves (GW) occurred 7 years ago with GW150914. Each wave uses GW and the date of detection as its name: yearmonthdate. So in 2015, 09th month, 14th day @LIGOLA & @LIGOWA made first GW history with the @LIGO detection HAPPY 7TH! #GWhistory
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