A boost for science, a wider window to the universe(PG 8 )(GS 3)
•I n the distant universe, black holes merge, supernovae explode, neutron stars collide. Colossal events such as these create cosmic ripples in spacetime called gravitational waves. In 2015, the Laser Interferometer GravitationalWave Observatory (LIGO for short) observed this phenomenon for the fiĀrst time, expanding our understanding of the universe around us.
Now, the United States National Science Foundation is partnering with top U.S. universities and Energy India’s Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, or RRCAT (a unit of Department of Atomic, Government of India) to launch LIGOIndia, a groundbreaking collaboration, fuelled by a $320 million investment from India, that will accelerate discovery and innovation in India and around the world