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    Can We Measure the Elusive Gravitational Waves?

    From the site: Einstein predicted gravitational waves using General Relativity in 1916. These waves are emitted by any object undergoing rapid acceleration, but only gargantuan masses, like colliding black holes or exploding stars, produce waves LIGO can detect. As they travel, these ripples...
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    Can We Measure the Elusive Gravitational Waves?

    I'm trying to get my mind around this one. (stretching thin in the extreme) Black Holes Collide, and Gravity Quivers New York Times 05/02/2006 In the most precise effort yet to detect gravitational waves -- the quiverings of space-time predicted by Einstein's theory of general...
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