Continuing the Search for Gravitational Waves

Continuing the Search for Gravitational Waves Notre Dame IN (SPX) Mar 30, 2016 - In February, the LIGO Scientific Collaboration announced it had detected gravitational waves for the first time, confirming the last prediction of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity. Somewhat overlooked in the excitement that followed is the fact that scientists don't know the exact location the waves were coming from. University of Notre Dame astronomer Peter Garnavich is leading a gr ... more

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