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Re:New ways to catch gravitational waves by nudgeee on Friday June 28, 2024 @10:08AM (#40820741)
I’m amazed there was no mention of LISA [0] — a space-based gravitational wave detector using 3 satellites flying in formation 2.5 million Km apart! Seriously cool engineering, planning to launch in 2035.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_Interferometer_Space_A...

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Re:New ways to catch gravitational waves by shellac on Friday June 28, 2024 @10:13AM (#40820790)
It is mentioned:

> ...Researchers are now working on several next-generation LIGO-type observatories, both on Earth and, in space, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna;...

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Re:New ways to catch gravitational waves by nudgeee on Friday June 28, 2024 @10:34AM (#40820990)
Ooof missed that, thanks!
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Re:New ways to catch gravitational waves by jjk166 on Friday June 28, 2024 @10:15AM (#40820817)
LISA is mentioned in the 6th paragraph.
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Re:New ways to catch gravitational waves by cubefox on Friday June 28, 2024 @12:50PM (#40822472)
> LISA was first proposed as a mission to ESA in the early 1990s.

I remember reading about LISA when I was a little kid. Back then it was projected to launch in the far future of 2015. Now I would be surprised if it actually launches in 2035.

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Re:New ways to catch gravitational waves by ajford on Friday June 28, 2024 @05:11PM (#40825353)
The university I studied at had a Gravitational Wave center under the Physics dept, and all the professors would joke about how LISA had been "less than a decade away" for 20 years.
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