Author: Rainer Weiss

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We know about black holes and neutron stars, but we hope there are other phenomena we can see because of the gravitational waves they emit.

We know about black holes and neutron stars, but we hope there are other phenomena we can see because of the gravitational waves they emit.

- Rainer Weiss

We are all enormously indebted to the National Science Foundation of the United States and the American public for steady support over close to 50 years.

We are all enormously indebted to the National Science Foundation of the United States and the American public for steady support over close to 50 years.

- Rainer Weiss

People say, 'I failed out of college! My life is over!' Well, it's not over. It depends on what you do with it.

People say, 'I failed out of college! My life is over!' Well, it's not over. It depends on what you do with it.

- Rainer Weiss

Over and over in the history of astronomy, a new instrument finds things we never expected to see.

Over and over in the history of astronomy, a new instrument finds things we never expected to see.

- Rainer Weiss

Every time you accelerate - say by jumping up and down - you're generating gravitational waves.

Every time you accelerate - say by jumping up and down - you're generating gravitational waves.

- Rainer Weiss

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