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In 2000, Betsy Weaver got hooked on a vision of things unseen.

As a student at Washington State University, Weaver’s physics program was visited by a group of scientists who lectured on the search into deep, deep, deep outer space. They spoke of phenomena mapped out by Albert Einstein, but so far undetected by humankind. Among these concepts, one stood out: Gravity waves.

Einstein’s math says they exist. Today’s astrophysicists agree. Gravity waves are transmitted from black holes and colliding neutron stars, neither of which has ever “seen” for real. Their existence could open the door to a new way of studying space, beyond optical and radio astronomy, because they can punch through astronomical obstacles that block light, noise and electro-magnetic waves.

 

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