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Gravitational Wave Spiral Simulation: Werner Benger (AEI/ZIB)
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Goddard Scientists Receive Lindsay Award for Black Hole Research
Dr. Joan M. Centrella and Dr. John G. Baker are the 2008 recipients of the John C. Lindsay Memorial Award for Space Science. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., honors one or more of its civil servant space scientists each year with this award, which is the center's highest honor for outstanding contributions in space science.

Release Date: 05/30/2008

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The Gravitational Astrophysics Laboratory conducts a broad range of scientific investigations to test Einstein's theory of General Relativity. The Laboratory provides the science and technical leadership to develop space-based gravitational wave detection systems. Research encompasses a variety of areas, including numerical relativity, LISA mission sources and data analysis, integrated modeling, theoretical modeling of high-energy astrophysics sources, and interferometry.

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