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Gravitational Waves: Ripples in the Fabric of Space-Time
published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
This site, hosted by MIT, explains the science behind the LIGO interferometer and its detection of gravitational waves. The site gives a description of gravitational waves and a brief history of Einstein's prediction of them.
https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/MIT
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Restriction: © 2008 MIT LIGO
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Keywords: Einstein, Joseph Taylor, LIGO, Russell Hulse, binary star, gravitational wave, interferometer, space time, space-time
Record Creator: Metadata instance created July 18, 2008 by Logan Hancock
Record Updated: Feb 23, 2025 by Lyle Barbato
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 2008), WWW Document, (https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/MIT).
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Gravitational Waves: Ripples in the Fabric of Space-Time (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 2008), <https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/MIT>.
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Gravitational Waves: Ripples in the Fabric of Space-Time. (2008, July 16). Retrieved May 21, 2025, from Massachusetts Institute of Technology: https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/MIT
Chicago Format
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Gravitational Waves: Ripples in the Fabric of Space-Time. Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, July 16, 2008. https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/MIT (accessed 21 May 2025).
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Gravitational Waves: Ripples in the Fabric of Space-Time. Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008. 16 July 2008. 21 May 2025 <https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/MIT>.
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@misc{ Title = {Gravitational Waves: Ripples in the Fabric of Space-Time}, Publisher = {Massachusetts Institute of Technology}, Volume = {2025}, Number = {21 May 2025}, Month = {July 16, 2008}, Year = {2008} }
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