Rainer Weiss

The work of Rainer Weiss and colleagues fundamentally alters our understanding of the universe.

Meet the Nobel Laureate who detected ripples in the fabric of space and time

Science

Weiss and colleagues dreamed up the idea behind a massive antenna so sensitive it detects faint, invisible ripples in space from 1.3 billion years ago – offering evidence of Einstein’s theory of general relativity.

MIT professor Rainer Weiss dreamed up the idea behind an antennae so sensitive it could detect faint invisible ripples in space and time.

A physicist who proved Einstein right started by tinkering with the family record player

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