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Science students visit LIGO observatory

On November 15, a scientific crew of 30 headed to the Tri-Cities to visit the recently awarded Nobel Prize facility called LIGO. As you may or may not know, the local Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory in Hanford recently helped earn the Nobel Prize in Physics for their research in observing the universe's gravitational waves for the very first time since Einstein predicted them in 1916.

Since we live so close to a Nobel Prize-winning research facility, we thought it would be interesting to visit, tour and congratulate this research facility. The observatory is located about 1...

 

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