Detector Suspended in Free Space
This image shows one of the NASA detectors from the BICEP2 project, developed in collaboration with the NSF. The sensors were used to make the first detection of gravitational waves in the ancient background light from the early universe.
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NASA ID
PIA17994
Date Created
March 17, 2014
Center
JPL
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image
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