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Jonas Enander

Gravitational wave lab LIGO roars back online to detect the oldest black hole collisions ever seen

An illustration of two supermassive black holes about to collide as gravitational waves spill into space

On May 24, scientists at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) began an 18-month campaign to detect the most distant collisions between black holes and neutron stars ever observed.

"We're very excited," said Michael Landry, head of LIGO Hanford Observatory.

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