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In what year did LIGO announce the first direct detection of gravitational waves?
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- www.nobelprize.org, academic.oup.com, barry c. barish, nobel lecture, nobelprize.org: https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2017/12/barish-lecture.pdf, en.wikipedia.org, journals.aps.org, ligo caltech press release (ligo.caltech.edu, 11 feb 2016) and nobelprize.org (2017 physics prize background, citing the february 2016 announcement), national institute of standards and technology (nist), the birth of sono-astronomy when the cosmos does the wave: https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/birth-sono-astronomy-when-cosmos-does-wave, nist, the birth of sono-astronomy when the cosmos does the wave: https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/birth-sono-astronomy-when-cosmos-does-wave, nobel prize (nobelprize.org) 2017 physics prize background materials; ligo scientific collaboration press announcement of february 11, 2016 (abbott et al., 'observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger', physical review letters 116, 061102, 2016), nobel prize (nobelprize.org) 2017 physics prize press release; corroborated by encyclopaedia britannica entry on gravitational waves, nobel prize (nobelprize.org) and ligo caltech press release announcing the first direct observation of gravitational waves on 2016-02-11, nobel prize (nobelprize.org) — 'the nobel prize in physics 2017' popular science background, stating ligo announced the first direct detection of gravitational waves on 11 february 2016, nobel prize (nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2017/press-release/) and nsf/ligo press announcement of 11 february 2016 for the detection of gravitational waves from gw150914 (observed 14 september 2015)., nobel prize in physics 2017 press release, nobelprize.org: 'on 14 september 2015... the two ligo detectors... observed a gravitational wave signal... the discovery was announced on 11 february 2016.', nobel prize in physics 2017, popular science background: https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2018/06/popular-physicsprize2017.pdf, nobel prize official site (nobelprize.org) 2017 physics prize materials and ligo caltech's official february 11, 2016 press release announcing the first direct observation of gravitational waves (gw150914), nobel prize official site (nobelprize.org) — 'the nobel prize in physics 2017' press release and popular science background, announcing the 2017 nobel prize awarded for the observation of gravitational waves, which states the ligo collaboration announced the first direct detection on 11 february 2016., nobel prize official site (nobelprize.org) — 'the nobel prize in physics 2017' press release/background, stating ligo's announcement of the first direct detection of gravitational waves on 11 february 2016., nobel prize official site (nobelprize.org) — 2017 nobel prize in physics materials stating ligo's announcement of the first direct detection of gravitational waves on 11 february 2016., nobel prize official site (nobelprize.org) — 2017 nobel prize in physics press release/popular science background on ligo's discovery, stating the announcement of the first direct detection of gravitational waves occurred on 11 february 2016., nobel prize official site (nobelprize.org), 2017 nobel prize in physics press release; corroborated by ligo/caltech's official announcement page (ligo.caltech.edu), both stating the first direct detection of gravitational waves was announced on february 11, 2016., nobel prize official site (nobelprize.org), physics prize 2017 press release: 'on 14 september 2015... ligo... made the first-ever direct detection of gravitational waves... the discovery was announced on 11 february 2016.', nobel prize site (nobelprize.org) description of the 2017 nobel prize in physics, and b.p. abbott et al., physical review letters 116, 061102 (2016), "observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger", nobel prize site (nobelprize.org, physics 2017 press release: observation on 14 sept 2015) and wikipedia 'first observation of gravitational waves' (announced 11 february 2016); physical review letters 116, 061102 (2016), nobel prize site, barry c. barish - biographical: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2017/barish/biographical/, nobel prize site, barry c. barish nobel lecture, 'ligo and the discovery of gravitational waves, ii' (states announced february 11, 2016): https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2017/12/barish-lecture.pdf, nobel prize site, barry c. barish nobel lecture, https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2017/12/barish-lecture.pdf, nobel prize site, barry c. barish nobel lecture, ‘ligo and the discovery of gravitational waves, ii’: https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2017/12/barish-lecture.pdf, nobel prize site, barry c. barish – biographical: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2017/barish/biographical/, nobel prize site, physics 2017 press release (nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2017/press-release/), read for the 14 sep 2015 detection; announcement 11 feb 2016 in abbott et al., prl 116, 061102 (2016), nobel prize site, popular information, physics 2017 (nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2017/popular-information/): findings announced 11 february 2016, nobel prize, barry c. barish nobel lecture: https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2017/12/barish-lecture.pdf, nobel prize, barry c. barish – biographical: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2017/barish/biographical/, nobel prize, the nobel prize in physics 2017: popular science background, ‘cosmic chirps’ (https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2018/06/popular-physicsprize2017.pdf); reviews of modern physics, ‘nobel lecture: ligo and gravitational waves ii’ (https://journals.aps.org/rmp/abstract/10.1103/revmodphys.90.040502)., nobelprize.org press release for the 2017 nobel prize in physics (nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2017/press-release), which states the ligo/virgo collaboration announced the first direct detection of gravitational waves on 11 february 2016., nobelprize.org — 2017 nobel prize in physics press release, and ligo.org press release dated 11 february 2016, both stating ligo's first direct detection of gravitational waves was announced in 2016 (the detection occurred 14 september 2015, but the announcement was made 11 february 2016)., nobelprize.org — the nobel prize in physics 2017 press release and ligo scientific collaboration announcement of 11 february 2016, nobelprize.org, 'the nobel prize in physics 2017' press release, which states ligo announced the first direct observation of gravitational waves on 11 february 2016 (the signal, from a binary black hole merger, was detected on 14 september 2015)., nobelprize.org, barry c. barish – biographical: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2017/barish/biographical/, nobelprize.org, the nobel prize in physics 2017 popular science background: it states ligo researchers announced their findings on 11 february 2016 (https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2018/06/popular-physicsprize2017.pdf)., physical review letters, observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger: https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/physrevlett.116.061102, the nobel prize (nobelprize.org) - '2017 nobel prize in physics' background material states ligo announced the first direct detection of gravitational waves on 11 february 2016, the nobel prize (nobelprize.org) - nobel prize in physics 2017 press release: 'this year's nobel laureates have, with their enthusiasm and determination, each been invaluable to the success of ligo... on 14 september 2015... the signal was extremely weak when it reached earth... ligo's two detectors... the announcement, on 11 february 2016, of the discovery caused a stir throughout the world.', the nobel prize (nobelprize.org) 2017 physics prize materials and press release state that ligo's discovery of gravitational waves was announced on 11 february 2016; encyclopaedia britannica's entry on gravitational waves corroborates the same february 2016 announcement date., the nobel prize (nobelprize.org) background on the 2017 nobel prize in physics states ligo announced the first direct observation of gravitational waves on 11 february 2016, from a signal detected 14 september 2015., the nobel prize (nobelprize.org) background on the 2017 nobel prize in physics states that ligo's discovery of gravitational waves was announced on 11 february 2016. this matches caltech/ligo laboratory's own announcement of the first direct detection of gravitational waves (from the september 14, 2015 binary black hole merger, gw150914), publicly announced on february 11, 2016., the nobel prize (nobelprize.org) biographical/press materials for the 2017 nobel prize in physics, and the ligo scientific collaboration's own history page, state that the first direct detection of gravitational waves (from the september 14, 2015 event gw150914) was publicly announced on february 11, 2016, with the discovery paper published in physical review letters in 2016., the nobel prize (nobelprize.org) — 2017 physics prize press release states ligo announced the first direct observation of gravitational waves on 11 february 2016, from a signal detected 14 september 2015; britannica's entry on gravitational waves corroborates the 2016 announcement date., the nobel prize (nobelprize.org) — background on the 2017 nobel prize in physics states ligo announced the first direct observation of gravitational waves on 11 february 2016; corroborated by nist's account of the ligo detection., the nobel prize (nobelprize.org), "the nobel prize in physics 2017" popular science background and press release: ligo's discovery of gravitational waves, first observed on 14 september 2015, was publicly announced on 11 february 2016. the 2017 nobel prize in physics was awarded to rainer weiss, barry c. barish and kip s. thorne for this detection., the nobel prize (nobelprize.org), 'the nobel prize in physics 2017' popular science background: ligo detected gravitational waves on 14 september 2015, and the discovery was publicly announced on 11 february 2016., the nobel prize (nobelprize.org), 'the nobel prize in physics 2017' popular science background: ligo's twin detectors observed gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger on 14 september 2015, and the discovery was publicly announced on 11 february 2016, published the same day in physical review letters (abbott et al., 'observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger,' phys. rev. lett. 116, 061102)., the nobel prize (nobelprize.org), 'the nobel prize in physics 2017' press release, and the ligo scientific collaboration paper b.p. abbott et al., 'observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger,' physical review letters 116, 061102 (2016) — both state ligo announced the first direct detection of gravitational waves on 11 february 2016., the nobel prize (nobelprize.org), 'the nobel prize in physics 2017' press release: ligo/virgo collaboration announced the first direct observation of gravitational waves, from a binary black hole merger, on 11 february 2016 (detected 14 september 2015); also confirmed by the original discovery paper, abbott et al., 'observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger,' physical review letters 116, 061102 (2016)., the nobel prize (nobelprize.org), 2017 physics prize press release, states ligo's collaboration announced the first direct observation of gravitational waves on 11 february 2016; also confirmed by the peer-reviewed discovery paper, b.p. abbott et al., 'observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger,' physical review letters 116, 061102 (2016)., the nobel prize (nobelprize.org), background on the 2017 nobel prize in physics 'for decisive contributions to the ligo detector and the observation of gravitational waves', which states ligo announced the first direct detection of gravitational waves on february 11, 2016 (the signal, gw150914, was recorded on september 14, 2015)., the nobel prize (nobelprize.org), press release for the 2017 nobel prize in physics: ligo detected gravitational waves on september 14, 2015, and the discovery was publicly announced on february 11, 2016., the nobel prize (nobelprize.org, 2017 physics prize background) and encyclopaedia britannica both state that ligo publicly announced the first direct detection of gravitational waves (event gw150914, observed september 14, 2015) on february 11, 2016, with the discovery paper published the same day in physical review letters., the nobel prize in physics 2017 press release (nobelprize.org), which states ligo announced the first direct observation of gravitational waves on 11 february 2016 (the signal gw150914 was recorded on 14 september 2015, but the public announcement of the detection was made in 2016)., the nobel prize in physics 2017 press release (nobelprize.org): states ligo/virgo collaboration announced the first direct observation of gravitational waves, gw150914 (detected 14 september 2015), publicly announced on 11 february 2016., the nobel prize official site (nobelprize.org), background material for the 2017 nobel prize in physics awarded to weiss, barish and thorne 'for decisive contributions to the ligo detector and the observation of gravitational waves', states that ligo detected gravitational waves from a black hole merger (gw150914) on 14 september 2015, and that the discovery was publicly announced on 11 february 2016. britannica's entry on gravitational waves corroborates the 11 february 2016 announcement date., the nobel prize website (nobelprize.org), background on the 2017 nobel prize in physics 'for decisive contributions to the ligo detector and the observation of gravitational waves': ligo detected gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger on september 14, 2015, and the ligo/virgo collaboration publicly announced this first direct detection on february 11, 2016, with the discovery paper published in physical review letters the same day., wikipedia ligo article (read: ligo and virgo announced gw150914 on february 11, 2016); corroborated by nobel prize 2017 press release (nobelprize.org), which states the first observation was 14 september 2015; prl 116, 061102 (2016), wikipedia, 'first observation of gravitational waves' (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/first_observation_of_gravitational_waves): announced 11 february 2016 at a news conference in washington, d.c., wikipedia, first observation of gravitational waves (fetched; states ligo announced gw150914 on 11 february 2016, citing abbott et al., phys. rev. lett. 116, 061102 (2016)), www.ligo.caltech.edu, www.nist.gov
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