Intimations of gravity waves. From: Science News | Date: January 3, 1987| Author: Thomsen, Dietrick E. | COPYRIGHT 1987 Science Service, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Intimations of gravity waves

Gravity waves are -- theoretically -- cyclic disturbances ofgravitational forces that propagate themselves through space. Generated by astrophysical processes like supernovas or binary stars, they are gravity's analog to radio waves. Physicists are eagerly awaiting a demonstration that terrestrial detecting apparatuses can record them.

Individual gravity-wave detectors, of which there are severalin the world, occasionally record vi...

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