"Before, we had to choose where we wanted LIGO to be more precise," says LIGO team member Rana Adhikari, a professor of physics at Caltech.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-10-ligo-surpasses-quantum-limit.html

"Before, we had to choose where we wanted LIGO to be more precise," says LIGO team member Rana Adhikari, a professor of physics at Caltech.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-10-ligo-surpasses-quantum-limit.html

Gravitational waves were first detected in 2015 using an experiment involving Laser Interferometer Gravitational Observatory (LIGO) detectors.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-sci-tech/scientists-detect-hum-gravitational-wave-background-explained-8696086/

In 2015, scientists used an experiment called LIGO to detect gravitational waves for the first time and showed Einstein was right.

Source: https://triblive.com/news/world/scientists-have-finally-heard-the-chorus-of-gravitational-waves-that-ripple-through-the-universe/

In addition, the NRF would also back and coordinate the research happening in mega international projects like LIGO or ITER, that India is actively involved in.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/upsc-current-affairs/upsc-essentials/upsc-essentials-weekly-news-express-with-mcqs-national-research-foundation-earths-axis-indias-lfpr-and-more-8695779/

LIGO is an international network of laboratories that detect the ripples in spacetime produced by the movement of large celestial objects like stars and planets.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-sci-tech/ligo-india-global-network-labs-study-gravitational-waves-8545293/

ZTF and WINTER can follow up on a LIGO alert to find and observe a star merger.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-03-cosmic-collisions.html