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Rainer Weiss (1932–2025)

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A physicist researching gravitational waves.[ref]
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Rainer Weiss is a prominent American physicist known for his contributions to the field of gravitational physics and astrophysics. He is best known as one of the co-founders of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), which made groundbreaking discoveries in the detection of gravitational waves. This achievement, announced in 2015, confirmed a key prediction of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity and opened a new era in astrophysics.
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