Tuning an 'Ear' to the Music of Gravitational Waves

This artist's concept shows the proposed LISA mission, which would consist of three distinct spacecraft, each connected by laser beams. It would be the first space-based mission to attempt the detection of gravitational waves -- ripples in space-time that are emitted by exotic objects such as black holes. (Credit: ESA)(Nov. 28, 2010) — A team of scientists and engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion