▁conducted ▁by ▁the ▁L IG O ▁Scient ific ▁Coll abor ation ▁to ▁confirm ▁that ▁the ▁received ▁signal ▁was ▁in ▁fact ▁a ▁gravit ational ▁wave , ▁as ▁predicted ▁by ▁Albert ▁Ein stein ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 0 0 ▁years ▁ago . ▁ ▁The ▁detection ▁was ▁announced ▁by ▁L IG O ▁at ▁the ▁National ▁Press ▁Club ▁in ▁Washington ▁DC ▁on ▁February ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 2 0 1 6 . ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁its ▁film ing ▁of ▁the ▁secret ▁internal ▁confirm ation ▁months ▁of ▁the ▁gravit ational ▁wave ▁detection ▁and ▁L IG O ' s ▁continu ing ▁break through ▁science , ▁the ▁Advanced ▁L IG O ▁Document ary ▁Project ▁fil med ▁L IG O ' s ▁Nobel ▁Prize ▁week ▁in ▁Stockholm ; ▁three ▁important ▁post - d ete ction ▁lect ures ▁by ▁Thor ne , ▁and ▁L IG O ▁ast ro phys ic ist ▁Aless andra ▁Bu on anno . ▁from ▁the ▁Project ' s ▁exclusive ▁foot age ▁inside ▁the ▁discovery . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁fall ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁the ▁Advanced ▁L IG O ▁Document ary ▁Project ▁received ▁a ▁two - year ▁grant ▁from ▁the ▁National ▁Science ▁Foundation ▁to ▁continue ▁its ▁film ing ▁of ▁the ▁L IG O ▁project , ▁now ▁with ▁a ▁focus ▁on ▁the ▁new ▁era ▁of ▁gravit ational - wave ▁astronom y ▁us her ed ▁in ▁by ▁the ▁historic ▁detection ▁of ▁G W 1 5 0 9 1 4 . ▁In ▁early ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁Math Work s ▁joined ▁as ▁spons oring ▁partner