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LIGO detects most massive black hole merger to date

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360 points Eduard | 2 comments | 14 Jul 25 20:06 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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kens ◴[14 Jul 25 21:49 UTC] No.44565731[source]▶
A month ago, the proposed NSF budget would shut down one of the two LIGO observatories in the US, wrecking its ability to triangulate the location of events such as this black hole merger. A shutdown would also severely damage the noise margins and detection rate. Does anyone know if the shutdown is still planned? (I couldn't find any recent info.)

https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-s-proposed-cut...

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ac794 ◴[14 Jul 25 22:03 UTC] No.44565829[source]▶
I believe the proposed budget is being marked up tomorrow (July 15th, 12:00). Currently the NSF budget is set to be ~$7 billion, a 23% cut compared to FY2025. I'm not sure how this affects LIGO exactly.

https://appropriations.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republic...

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1. amarcheschi ◴[14 Jul 25 22:21 UTC] No.44565987[source]▶
I had read something less recent than what you posted, but in that is said about 40% of ligo funding would be cut https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-s-proposed-cut...

Then again, your file has less drastic reductions on nsf budget so who knows what would be the impact on ligo

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2. bee_rider ◴[15 Jul 25 02:42 UTC] No.44567374[source]▶
I wonder why Bezos doesn’t just pick up the tab, he likes space, right?