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A Look at LIGO

	Jay Marx, a high-profile experimental particle physicist, is at the forefront of the emerging field of gravitational wave astronomy. Marx directs the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory, which is uncovering messages the waves bring from black holes, neutron stars and processes that formed the universe. First predicted by Albert Einstein, these waves or ripples in space-time are only now being measured.



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Speaker(s):	Jay Marx, executive director, LIGO
Related Link(s):	National Science Foundation
Production Date:	12/31/2007
Runtime:	0:52:34
Rating:	TV-G