Scientists have long dreamed of launching a constellation of detectors into space to detect gravitational waves – ripples in space-time first predicted by Albert Einstein and observed for the first time earlier this month.
That dream is now a step closer to reality. Researchers working on a €400 million (US$440 million) mission to try out the necessary technology in space for the first time—involving firing lasers between metal cubes in freefall – have told Nature that the initial test-drive is performing…
Test Marks Milestone for Deep-Space Gravitational Wave Observatory
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