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Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is a large-scale physics experiment to detect gravitational waves. LIGO is a joint project between scientists at MIT, Caltech, and many other colleges and universities. Scientists involved in the project and the analysis of the data for gravitational-wave astronomy are organised by the LIGO Scientific Collaboration which includes more than 900 scientists worldwide. And it seems the Scientists are using Linux(Ubuntu) for their experiments.
The gravitational wave signal was detected by physicists at LIGO on September 14 last year, and the historic announcement was made at a press conference this morning. Experts are already saying the discovery is a shoo-in for a Nobel Prize
Gravitational waves are so exciting because they were the last major prediction of Einstein’s general theory of relativity that had to be confirmed, and discovering them will help us understand how the Universe is shaped by mass.
Here is the screenshot from the recent video released by MIT
It’s not really admiring that Linux is being used to experiment Gravitational waves at LIGO. Just a couple of weeks ago we saw that Ubuntu was being used to interpret the data from the Hubble Space Telescope. But the fact that scientists choose Linux systems for their work has to do with the fact that it’s a stable, secure, and reliable operating system, no matter the distro.
Source: Youtube