Tag: gravitational waves
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Will we ever detect gravitational waves directly?
(This piece originally appeared in the “Will we ever?” column at BBC Future. Though I added a few visuals, I left the UK spellings and BBC stylebook conventions in place.) Gravity affects the shape of space and time. Paths of light and massive bodies curve under its influence. When something churns space-time with enough energy…
Matthew R. Francis
Galileo's Pendulum 