Catching a Wave of Gravity. / Christopher Wanjek.
by Wanjek, Christopher; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 53Science. Publisher: Wanjek/Christopher, 2001ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Astronomy -- Observations | Astronomy -- Research | Gravity waves | Laser interferometers | LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory)DDC classification: 050 Summary: "Oh, my aching head. It seems to shrink and pull with each passing second. No, I haven't been riding the Tilt-A-Whirl or the latest supersonic roller-coaster. Can't you feel it? The same thing is happening to you. The entire Earth, in fact, has compressed and rebounded many times in the time it took to read this sentence. The culprit is gravity waves--ripples in spacetime generated by the motions of dense, massive objects. These waves propagate through space at the speed of light and distort everything in their path." (STAR DATE) This article examines the theory of gravity waves and explores efforts to detect these waves for the first time.
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002.
Originally Published: Catching a Wave of Gravity, May/June 2001; pp. 4-9.
"Oh, my aching head. It seems to shrink and pull with each passing second. No, I haven't been riding the Tilt-A-Whirl or the latest supersonic roller-coaster. Can't you feel it? The same thing is happening to you. The entire Earth, in fact, has compressed and rebounded many times in the time it took to read this sentence. The culprit is gravity waves--ripples in spacetime generated by the motions of dense, massive objects. These waves propagate through space at the speed of light and distort everything in their path." (STAR DATE) This article examines the theory of gravity waves and explores efforts to detect these waves for the first time.
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