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October 19, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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This one hits hard.
ligo.org LIGO Scientific Collaboration @ligo.org · Jul 2
Science Magazine discusses the potential impact of proposed budget cuts on our operation

www.science.org/content/arti... by Adrian Cho

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"The loss would inflict disproportionate damage on the observatory’s scientific reach, scientists say. Researchers would find it more difficult to distinguish a black hole collision in the distant cosmos from a nearby seismic tremor or anything else that shakes the remaining interferometer. A real gravitational wave likely produces signals in both U.S. detectors within 10 milliseconds, the time it takes the ripple to cover the cross-country distance. Without the ability to compare data from the two instruments, detections would be less sure and their rate would fall at least 25%, Reitze says, and possibly much more."
July 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Whenever you hear conservative politicians preach from the gospel of "fiscal responsibility," remember that one of the biggest drivers of deficits lately are the Bush and Trump tax cuts, which have added nearly $10 trillion to the national debt.
June 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM