2017 Nobel Prize in Physics Three U.S.-based scientists won…

2017 Nobel Prize in Physics Three U.S.-based scientists won…

2017 Nobel Prize in Physics

Three U.S.-based scientists won the Nobel Physics Prize on Tuesday for detecting faint ripples flying through the universe—the gravitational waves predicted a century ago by Albert Einstein that provide a new understanding of the universe.

Rainer Weiss of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Barry Barish and Kip Thorne of the California Institute of Technology won the 2017 prize for a combination of highly advanced theory and ingenious equipment design, Sweden’s Royal Academy of Sciences announced.

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Astronomy & Astrophysics