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LIGO gravitational wave detector gets more powerful by squeezing light Business Insider

One of the most remarkable experiments in history — a trio of giant machines that listen for ripples in space-time called gravitational waves — just got more powerful and precise.

That's thanks to a new light-squeezing instrument that researchers installed in the experiment's main machine: the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. Its Italian counterpart, Virgo, got a similar tool.

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