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Seth Borenstein, The Augusta Chronicle
Thu, 02/11/2016 - 8:47am

WASHINGTON — In an announcement that electrified the world of astronomy, scientists said today that they have finally detected gravitational waves, the ripples in the fabric of space-time that Einstein predicted a century ago. Scientists likened the breakthrough to the moment Galileo took up a telescope to look at the planets. read more

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