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Could discovered gravitational waves in fact be an aether wind? [duplicate]

Proving the existence of gravitational waves might revolutionise cosmology, but the method used by LIGO is quite similar to the famous Michelson-Morely interferometer built more than a hundred years ...
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Isn't LIGO basically measuring the luminiferous aether?

I am bit confused about this one. I am not very acknowledgeable about gravitational waves and LIGO. But if it is basically a Michelson interferometer and can detect shifts in vacuum, doesn't this ...
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