Image: Diagram of LIGO Detector
Caption: Gravitational waves are ripples in the fabric of space-time. When they pass through LIGO's L-shaped detector they will decrease the distance between the test masses in one arm of the L, while increasing it in the other.
Source: NSF and LIGO
Website: http://www.ligo.caltech.edu/LIGO_web/PR/scripts/facts.html#whatarewaves
NSF Funded: yes
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