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2017 Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to Gravitational-wave Scientists Barish, Thorne, and Weiss – Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA)
![Wormholes, black holes, and the theory of time travel topics of Nobel Prize-winning Kip Thorne in LU Academic Lecture October 16 - Lamar University Wormholes, black holes, and the theory of time travel topics of Nobel Prize-winning Kip Thorne in LU Academic Lecture October 16 - Lamar University](https://www.lamar.edu/_files/images/news/2018/02/thorne_kip.jpg)
Wormholes, black holes, and the theory of time travel topics of Nobel Prize-winning Kip Thorne in LU Academic Lecture October 16 - Lamar University
![Portrait of Kip Thorne. The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded on October 3, 2017, to three of the founders of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO): Caltech's Kip S. Thorne Portrait of Kip Thorne. The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded on October 3, 2017, to three of the founders of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO): Caltech's Kip S. Thorne](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/W0M42J/portrait-of-kip-thorne-the-2017-nobel-prize-in-physics-was-awarded-on-october-3-2017-to-three-of-the-founders-of-the-laser-interferometer-gravitational-wave-observatory-ligo-caltechs-kip-s-thorne-and-barry-c-barish-and-mits-rainer-weiss-on-september-14-2015-ligo-made-the-first-ever-direct-detection-of-gravitational-waves-or-ripples-in-the-fabric-of-space-and-time-which-had-been-predicted-by-albert-einstein-100-years-earlier-photo-by-caltechupi-W0M42J.jpg)
Portrait of Kip Thorne. The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded on October 3, 2017, to three of the founders of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO): Caltech's Kip S. Thorne
![The Nobel Prize on Twitter: ""Find your own way of functioning... I struggled for the first year and a half as an undergraduate... but I developed my own ways of learning things. The Nobel Prize on Twitter: ""Find your own way of functioning... I struggled for the first year and a half as an undergraduate... but I developed my own ways of learning things.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E79ZyxTXsAcJ_VX.jpg:large)
The Nobel Prize on Twitter: ""Find your own way of functioning... I struggled for the first year and a half as an undergraduate... but I developed my own ways of learning things.
![The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics laureates, (from left) Barry C. Barish, Kip S. Thorne and Rainer Weiss, pose during a joint press conference in December 2017 at the Royal Swedish Academy The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics laureates, (from left) Barry C. Barish, Kip S. Thorne and Rainer Weiss, pose during a joint press conference in December 2017 at the Royal Swedish Academy](https://wjct.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ligoscientists_wide-720ad46b443dd3fa661665c3328007da60a9068f.jpg)