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Can gravitational waves be waylaid by gravity?
Yesterday, I learnt the answer is ‘yes’. Gravitational waves can be gravitationally lensed. It seems obvious once you think about it, but not something that strikes you (assuming you’re not a physicist) right away. When physicists solve problems relating to … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Einstein, Einstein Telescope, general theory of relativity, gravitational energy, gravitational lensing, gravitational waves, Hendrik Lorentz, Hermann Minkowski, LIGO, quadrupole momentum, spacetime continuum
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