2017 Nobel Prize goes to scientists who detected ripples in the fabric of space and time

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The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics was just awarded to Rainer Weiss, Barry C Barish, and Kip S Thorne for their decades-long work that resulted in the detection of the long-sought echoes from distant collisions between two black holes.

Weiss, Barish, and Thorne's work — along with the effort of hundreds of other scientists — has effectively ushered in a new era of physics in the space sciences.

The three researchers all contributed key findings that led to discoveries made by the  Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), two twin observatories in Louisiana and Washington. 

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2017 Nobel Prize goes to scientists who detected ripples in the fabric of space and time 2017 Nobel Prize goes to scientists who detected ripples in the fabric of space and time Reviewed by mimisabreena on Tuesday, October 03, 2017 Rating: 5

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