Hunting Gravitational Waves with Lasers: How Project LIGO Works (Infographic)

Friday, April 11, 2014 - 11:50 in Physics & Chemistry

Using laser beams, scientists could detect the physical distortions caused by passing gravitational waves. See how they'll do it with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO, in this Space.com Infographic.

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