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      Scientific American June 1987

      Gravitational Wave Observatories

      Einstein's general theory of relativity suggests that the earth is bathed with gravitational waves from distant stars. Observatories planned for the early 1990's could detect the extragalactic signals

      • By Andrew D. Jeffries, Michael E. Zucker, Peter R. Saulson, Robert E. Spero

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