LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave detectors suspended due to coronavirus
The LIGO and Virgo gravity-wave observators have been suspended indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic. This is reported on the LIGO project website. The joint observations of the American LIGO Observatory and the Franco-Italian Virgo detector are used for experimental detection of gravitational waves of cosmic origin. On April 1, 2019, scientists of these projects began the third session of joint observations. It was planned to last until April 30, 2020, but due to the coronavirus outbreak, it was decided to stop the observations early. LIGO and Virgo will suspend observations on March 27, 2020 at 17:00 UTC [20:00 GMT]. It is currently unknown whether the observations will resume in the near future, as the current global COVID-19 pandemic requires us to make health and safety our top priority, according to the LIGO project website. It is noted that the third stage of joint observations was very fruitful, despite the early shutdown. Scientists will soon process the resulting data sets and publish the results. As previously reported by the news agency, in May 2019 the director of the laboratory of gravitational waves LIGO David Reuters
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