{"id":88498,"date":"2026-02-27T18:31:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T18:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/scientists-celebrate-funding-boost-for-gravitational-waves-2"},"modified":"2026-02-27T18:57:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T18:57:38","slug":"scientists-celebrate-funding-boost-for-gravitational-waves-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/scientists-celebrate-funding-boost-for-gravitational-waves-2","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Celebrate Funding Boost for Gravitational Waves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>The project that allows researchers to get updates on significant developments in outer space, will receive a cash boost of over \u00a325 million, with funding to come from US and UK-based institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Over twenty million dollars will be invested by the US-based National Science Foundation (NSF) and over ten million pounds will be granted by the UK Research and Innovation in order to maintain the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO).<\/p>\n<p>An international collaboration, LIGO made history in 2015 after making the first direct detection of gravitational waves. British scientists from the University of Glasgow\u2019s School of Physics and Astronomy contributed to the development of LIGO\u2019s sensitive mirror suspensions, which enabled the detection of first gravitational waves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the three years since LIGO\u2019s first detection of gravitational waves, we\u2019ve observed a remarkable string of cosmic events including a series of black hole collisions and a neutron star merger, the majority of which would have gone unnoticed here on Earth without the advent of gravitational wave astronomy,\u201d Professor Sheila Rowan, director of the University\u2019s Institute for Gravitational Research, said.<\/p>\n<p>Gravitational waves represent \u2018ripples\u2019 in the fabric of space-time caused by some of the most violent and energetic processes in the universe, which includes collisions of black holes and collapse of stellar cores (supernovae).<\/p>\n<p>Given the new funding announcement, researchers plan to continue \u201cmaking the detectors even more sensitive to the vibrations of spacetime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe expect the steady stream of detections we\u2019ve enjoyed so far turn into a torrent, providing us with invaluable new data about our universe,\u201d Professor Rowan added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith improvements to the detectors \u2014 which include techniques from quantum mechanics that refine laser light and new mirror coating technology \u2014 the twin LIGO observatories will significantly increase the number and strength of their detections. Advanced LIGO Plus will reveal gravity at its strongest and matter at its densest in some of the most extreme environments in the cosmos. These detections may reveal secrets from inside supernovae and teach us about extreme physics from the first seconds after the universe\u2019s birth,\u201d NSF Director France Co\u0301rdova said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Liberia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Liberia. The project that allows researchers to get updates on significant developments in outer space, will receive a cash boost of over \u00a325 million, with funding to come from US and UK-based institutions. 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