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MSU prof part of project to detect gravity waves
The study of gravitational waves rippling through space is so new that the waves have yet to be directly detected.
Montana State University professor Neil Cornish is part of a project to learn more about the phenomenon first theorized by Albert Einstein.
Cornish recently was named to the international science team of the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, or LISA, a major effort of NASA and the European Space Administration.
Cornish, 37, is one of only two scientists under the age of 40 on the team.
He said he is excited to be part of such a bold, innovative mission to study fundamental laws of the universe and how it began.
"It’s pretty cool to be on the team," he said during a recent phone interview, adding that joining the LISA project has been a goal of his since he came to Montana in 1999.
It’s a coup for Montana State University, too, because other members of the NASA group come from the big leagues in space exploration and cosmology, including the Goddard Space Flight Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Cal Tech and Stanford University.
By MARY PICKETT
Of The Gazette Staff
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