For its Next Trick, Gaia Could Help Detect Background Gravitational Waves in the Universe - Universe Today
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Ripples in a pond can be captivating on a nice sunny day as can ripples in the very fabric of space, although the latter are a little harder to observe. Using the highly tuned Gaia probe, a team of astronomers propose that it might just be possible to detect…