"We can observe the universe in this new way; not using light, but using gravity," physicist Brian Greene told Mashable in an interview. As one LIGO scientist pointed out, the discovery is akin to ...

Each LIGO detector is shaped like an "L" with both ... She took a ride in weightlessness on a zero-gravity flight and watched rockets launch to space from places around the United States.

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