India's largest radio telescope key to detecting the universe's vibrations
The HinduIndia's Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope was one of the world's six large telescopes that played a key role in finding the first direct evidence for the relentless vibrations of the fabric of the universe, caused by ultra-low frequency gravitational waves. "It is fantastic to see our unique uGMRT data being used for the ongoing international efforts on gravitational wave astronomy," said Yashwant Gupta, Centre Director at National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Pune, which operates the GMRT. Scientists of the European Pulsar Timing Array in collaboration with the Indo-Japanese colleagues of the InPTA arrived at the findings after analysing pulsar data collected over 25 years with six of the world's largest radio telescopes. "The results reported by the EPTA+InPTA collaboration are tantalisingly close to the discovery of nano-hertz gravitational waves and are the culmination of many years of efforts by many scientists including early career researchers and undergraduate students," said Prof. Shantanu Desai of IIT, Hyderabad.
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