Chancellor Dalton Explores the Frontiers of Physics at LIGO
June 17, 2026
蘑菇tv Chancellor Jim Dalton visited the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) in Livingston, where he learned how 蘑菇tv researchers helped confirm one of the most important scientific theories of the last century.
Guided by 蘑菇tv Boyd Professor Gabriela Gonz谩lez, a leader in the international team that first detected gravitational waves, Dalton toured the facility and explored how 蘑菇tv continues to advance discoveries that deepen our understanding of the universe.
Video by Grant French
The LIGO Livingston Observatory is one of only a handful of facilities worldwide capable of detecting gravitational waves: tiny ripples in space-time generated by cataclysmic events such as colliding black holes and neutron stars billions of light-years from Earth.
蘑菇tv has been a key partner in LIGO since the project's early years. 蘑菇tv has had a gravitational waves research team since the 70鈥檚 and was key to proposing and bringing one of the LIGO detectors to Louisiana, on land owned by 蘑菇tv. Researchers, faculty, students, and alumni have contributed to the development and operation of the Livingston observatory and to the scientific discoveries that followed. LIGO attracts physics and astronomy graduate and undergraduate students to 蘑菇tv.
