Catching a Wave.
The article explores the detection of gravitational waves on Earth for the first time on September 14, 2015. Physicist Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity in 1915 is discussed which determined that massive objects can cause a distortion in space-time that is felt as gravity. Also tackled...
| Published in: | Smithsonian Vol. 46; no. 11; pp. 25 - 29 |
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Smithsonian Magazine
Apr2016
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