HR 300 Summary

• Commends Dr. Tyson Littenberg and graduate student Jessica Page from The University of Alabama in Huntsville for their contribution to the detection of gravitational waves.

• Recognizes that gravitational waves were first observed on September 14, 2015, resulting from the merger of two black holes and confirming Albert Einstein's 1915 general theory of relativity.

• Credits Littenberg and Page with developing sophisticated computer algorithms that extracted physical information from gravitational wave detection data at UAH's Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research.

• Acknowledges that the discovery of gravitational waves has worldwide implications for physics, astrophysics, and astronomy.