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Congratulations to scientists Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish and Kip Thorne for being awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work in observing gravitational waves using the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO)! Learn how NASA’s work in astrophysics contributes to the overall understanding of this exciting discovery first predicted by Albert Einstein more than a century ago:
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