--- title: "25 Gravitational Waves Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 25 Gravitational Waves quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Gravitational Waves sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d8/rainer-weiss-11997_astronomy_we-know-about-black-holes-and-neutron-st_184284.jpg" --- > [We know about black holes and neutron stars, but we hope there are other phenomena we can see because of the gravitational…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainer-weiss/we-know-about-black-holes-and-neutron-stars-but-we-hope-there-are/) [Rainer Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainer-weiss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d8/rainer-weiss-11997_astronomy_we-know-about-black-holes-and-neutron-st_184284.jpg) > [The Planck satellite may detect the imprint of the gravitational waves predicted by inflation. This would be quantum gravity written across the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/the-planck-satellite-may-detect-the-imprint-of-the-gravitational/) [Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/282/stephen-hawking-389_across_the-planck-satellite-may-detect-the-impr_2616442.jpg) > [The cyclic universe theory predicts no gravitational waves from the early universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/the-cyclic-universe-theory-predicts-no-gravitational-waves-from-the/) [Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b43/stephen-hawking-389_early_the-cyclic-universe-theory-predicts-no-g_548870.jpg) > [The detection of gravitational waves is truly a triumph of modern large-scale experimental physics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-barish/the-detection-of-gravitational-waves-is-truly-a-triumph-of-modern/) [Barry Barish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-barish/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4aa/barry-barish-17802_gravitational_the-detection-of-gravitational-waves-is_384062.jpg) > [Every time you accelerate - say by jumping up and down - you're generating gravitational waves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainer-weiss/every-time-you-accelerate-say-by-jumping-up-and-down-you-re/) [Rainer Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainer-weiss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/844/rainer-weiss-11997_accelerate_every-time-you-accelerate-say-by-jumping_2405892.jpg) > [Observing gravitational waves would yield an enormous amount of information about the phenomena of strong-field gravity. If we could detect black holes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainer-weiss/observing-gravitational-waves-would-yield-an-enormous-amount-of/) [Rainer Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainer-weiss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bf/rainer-weiss-11997_amazing_observing-gravitational-waves-would-yiel_2903280.jpg) > [Einstein had looked at the numbers and dimensions that went into his equations for gravitational waves and said, essentially, 'This is so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainer-weiss/einstein-had-looked-at-the-numbers-and-dimensions-that-went-into-his/) [Rainer Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainer-weiss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e27/rainer-weiss-11997_he_einstein-had-looked-at-the-numbers-and-d_2055888.jpg) > [Einstein had two new predictions from general relativity. One was that light would bend. That was tested in 1919, and basically, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-barish/einstein-had-two-new-predictions-from-general-relativity-one-was-that/) [Barry Barish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-barish/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc9/barry-barish-17802_day_einstein-had-two-new-predictions-from-ge_2659617.jpg) > [“A modern example of this stunning knowledge of nature that Einstein has gifted us, comes from 2016, when gravitational waves were discovered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/a-modern-example-of-this-stunning-knowledge-of-nature-that-einstein-2/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3f/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_astrophysics_a-modern-example-of-this-stunning-knowle_2439978.png) > [It's very, very exciting that it worked out in the end that we are actually detecting things and actually adding to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainer-weiss/it-s-very-very-exciting-that-it-worked-out-in-the-end-that-we-are/) [Rainer Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainer-weiss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a18/rainer-weiss-11997_end_it-s-very-very-exciting-that-it-worked-o_460241.jpg) > [Gravitational waves, because they are so imperturbable - they go through everything - they will tell you the most information you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainer-weiss/gravitational-waves-because-they-are-so-imperturbable-they-go-through/) [Rainer Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainer-weiss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/906/rainer-weiss-11997_everything_gravitational-waves-because-they-are-so_18560.jpg) > [When gravitational waves reach the earth, the waves stretch and squeeze space. This is a tiny stretch and squeeze. Far too small…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kip-thorne/when-gravitational-waves-reach-the-earth-the-waves-stretch-and/) [Kip Thorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kip-thorne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/334/kip-thorne-15554_earth_when-gravitational-waves-reach-the-earth_1575622.jpg) > [“if the Sun disappeared instantaneously, the Earth would continue to orbit the position of the Sun for seven minutes until the bad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-thomas/if-the-sun-disappeared-instantaneously-the-earth-would-continue-to/) [Andrew Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-thomas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/920/andrew-thomas-21902_bad-news_if-the-sun-disappeared-instantaneously-t_3196498.jpg) > [“The pulsar is like a lighthouse beam spinning at high speed. Every time it comes around to face us we see a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-barrow/the-pulsar-is-like-a-lighthouse-beam-spinning-at-high-speed-every/) [John D. Barrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-d-barrow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/deb/john-d-barrow-4552_high-speed_the-pulsar-is-like-a-lighthouse-beam-spi_1052216.jpg) > [But if you think about a practical implication of enriching your life and giving you a sense of being part of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-greene/but-if-you-think-about-a-practical-implication-of-enriching-your-life/) [Brian Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-greene/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/706/brian-greene-2334_able_but-if-you-think-about-a-practical-impli_440947.png) > [“The gravitational waves of the first detection were generated by a collision of black holes in a galaxy 1.3 billion light-years away,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/the-gravitational-waves-of-the-first-detection-were-generated-by-a/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/604/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_art-and-science_the-gravitational-waves-of-the-first-det_3069048.jpg) > [“A modern example of this stunning knowledge of nature that Einstein has gifted us, comes from 2016, when gravitational waves were discovered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/a-modern-example-of-this-stunning-knowledge-of-nature-that-einstein/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba2/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_art-and-science_a-modern-example-of-this-stunning-knowle_1630567.png) > [The students on my course were fascinated by the idea that gravitational waves might exist. I didn't know much about them at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainer-weiss/the-students-on-my-course-were-fascinated-by-the-idea-that/) [Rainer Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainer-weiss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/166/rainer-weiss-11997_exist_the-students-on-my-course-were-fascinate_2426632.jpg) > [Gravitational waves will bring us exquisitely accurate maps of black holes - maps of their space-time. Those maps will make it crystal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kip-thorne/gravitational-waves-will-bring-us-exquisitely-accurate-maps-of-black/) [Kip Thorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kip-thorne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1a/kip-thorne-15554_accurate_gravitational-waves-will-bring-us-exquis_597598.jpg) > [“team of astronomers led by John M. Kovac of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics detected ripples in the fabric of space-time —…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/team-of-astronomers-led-by-john-m-kovac-of-the-harvard-smithsonian/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50d/anonymous-1_physics_team-of-astronomers-led-by-john-m-kovac_603100.jpg) > [What was done is measure directly, with exquisitely sensitive instruments, gravitational waves predicted about 100 years ago by Albert Einstein. These waves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainer-weiss/what-was-done-is-measure-directly-with-exquisitely-sensitive/) [Rainer Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainer-weiss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/682/rainer-weiss-11997_ahead_what-was-done-is-measure-directly-with-e_2295645.jpg) > [If the universe sprung into existence and then expanded exponentially, you get gravitational waves traveling through space-time. These would fill the universe,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-turok/if-the-universe-sprung-into-existence-and-then-expanded-exponentially/) [Neil Turok](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-turok/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/110/neil-turok-29238_echoes_if-the-universe-sprung-into-existence-an_819867.jpg) > [Space is much stiffer than you imagine; it's stiffer than a gigantic piece of iron. That's why it's taken so damned long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainer-weiss/space-is-much-stiffer-than-you-imagine-it-s-stiffer-than-a-gigantic/) [Rainer Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainer-weiss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bd/rainer-weiss-11997_energy_space-is-much-stiffer-than-you-imagine-i_2949990.jpg) > [I didn't understand the Weber bar and how gravitational waves interacted with it. I sat and thought about it over a weekend,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainer-weiss/i-didn-t-understand-the-weber-bar-and-how-gravitational-waves/) [Rainer Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainer-weiss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bd/rainer-weiss-11997_monday_i-didn-t-understand-the-weber-bar-and-ho_1346171.jpg) > [When the signal reached LIGO from a collision of two stellar black holes that occurred 1.3 billion years ago, the 1,000-scientist-strong LIGO…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-barish/when-the-signal-reached-ligo-from-a-collision-of-two-stellar-black/) [Barry Barish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-barish/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2a/barry-barish-17802_black_when-the-signal-reached-ligo-from-a-coll_277026.jpg) ## Top authors on Gravitational Waves - [Rainer Weiss 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gravitational-waves/rainer-weiss/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gravitational-waves/#itemlist", "name": "Gravitational Waves Quotes", "numberOfItems": 25, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We know about black holes and neutron stars, but we hope there are other phenomena we can see because of the gravitational waves they emit.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rainer Weiss" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainer-weiss/we-know-about-black-holes-and-neutron-stars-but-we-hope-there-are/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d8/rainer-weiss-11997_astronomy_we-know-about-black-holes-and-neutron-st_184284.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d8/rainer-weiss-11997_astronomy_we-know-about-black-holes-and-neutron-st_184284.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d8/rainer-weiss-11997_astronomy_we-know-about-black-holes-and-neutron-st_184284.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We know about black holes and neutron stars, but we hope there are other phenomena we can see because of the…” — Rainer Weiss", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Planck satellite may detect the imprint of the gravitational waves predicted by inflation. 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