The way that it was announced was like a press conference from an awesome 80s movie. We have detected gravitational waves. I mean, how cute is that? So that was Dave Ritzy. He's a laser physicist and he's director of the Lego lab. And so when you have really massive objects moving really quickly, that can make large disturbances relative to other things. They're not like ripples on a pond; they're actually distorting your shape.

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