Q&A: Rainer Weiss on LIGO’s origins
MIT physicist developed the concept for LIGO as a teaching exercise.
MIT physicist developed the concept for LIGO as a teaching exercise.
The world's most sensitive gravitational-wave detector is scheduled to go online this week, after seven years of enhancement.
Einstein’s theory of general relativity to be put through the paces as Advanced LIGO comes online.
MIT professor Nergis Mavalvala helps build tools to detect gravitational waves.
Physics professor and two alumni are awarded $500,000 in no-strings-attached funding.