Gravitational waves: Scientists release 'chirp' sound of 'ripples in the fabric of spacetime' flying past us
9 years, 1 month ago

Gravitational waves: Scientists release 'chirp' sound of 'ripples in the fabric of spacetime' flying past us

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A new recording captures the moment a gravitational wave flew past Earth, proving long-held theories and potentially giving insights into the very deepest parts of the universe. Gravitational waves spew out from places like black holes and dying stars. The particular sound heard this time around emerged millions of years ago when two black holes careered into one another.

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Scientists detect chirping cosmic waves in an unexpected part of space
2 months, 1 week ago

Scientists detect chirping cosmic waves in an unexpected part of space

Deccan Chronicle  

New York: Scientists have detected cosmic waves that sound like birds chirping in an unexpected place. Researchers have captured such sounds in space before, but now they have sensed the chirping waves from much farther away: over 62,000 miles from Earth, where they've never been measured before. “They are one of the strongest and most significant waves in space,” said …

Scientists detect chirping cosmic waves in an unexpected part of space
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2 months, 1 week ago

Scientists detect chirping cosmic waves in an unexpected part of space

Hindustan Times  

NEW YORK — Scientists have detected cosmic waves that sound like birds chirping in an unexpected place. “They are one of the strongest and most significant waves in space,” said study author Chengming Liu from Beihang University in an email. The newfound chorus waves were detected in a region where Earth's magnetic field is stretched out, which scientists didn't expect. …

Scientists detect chirping cosmic waves in an unexpected part of space
2 months, 1 week ago

Scientists detect chirping cosmic waves in an unexpected part of space

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Scientists have detected cosmic waves that sound like birds chirping in an unexpected place. Researchers have captured such sounds in space before, but now they have sensed the chirping waves from much farther away: over 62,000 miles from Earth, where they’ve never been measured before. AP AUDIO: Scientists detect chirping cosmic waves in an unexpected part of …

AI could drown the noise to hear gravitational waves from cosmic collisions
3 months, 1 week ago

AI could drown the noise to hear gravitational waves from cosmic collisions

India Today  

Gravitational waves, ripples in space-time caused by powerful cosmic events and first predicted by Albert Einstein in 1916, have fascinated scientists since their discovery. Gravitational waves are primarily detected using sophisticated instruments like ground-based interferometers—such as LIGO and VIRGO—and pulse timing arrays like the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array. Researchers from Amity University, Anant National University, and University of Petroleum and …

Science for All | Why does observing gravitational waves matter?
1 year, 8 months ago

Science for All | Why does observing gravitational waves matter?

The Hindu  

Last week, scientists revealed evidence that the universe is constantly flooded with low-frequency gravitational waves, unlocking new avenues to expand our knowledge of the universe. In 2016, scientists working with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory announced that they had detected signals of gravitational waves emanating from two merging black holes, 1.3 billion light years away. Observing the information carried by …

First Evidence Of Gravitational Waves At Very Low Frequencies Hum Linked To Cosmic Clocks Pulsars Supermassive Black Hole Binary NANOGrav
1 year, 8 months ago

First Evidence Of Gravitational Waves At Very Low Frequencies Hum Linked To Cosmic Clocks Pulsars Supermassive Black Hole Binary NANOGrav

ABP News  

In a breakthrough, scientists have found the first evidence of gravitational waves at very low frequencies. In a black hole binary, the two black holes orbit each other, and produce low-frequency gravitational waves. Professor Lam told ABP Live that supermassive black hole binaries are the most probable cause behind these very low-frequency gravitational waves because a supermassive black hole is …

What does the universe sound like? Scientists describe cosmic ‘background hum’
1 year, 9 months ago

What does the universe sound like? Scientists describe cosmic ‘background hum’

The Hindu  

Scientists on Wednesday unveiled evidence that gravitational waves, the ripples in the fabric of space-time predicted by Albert Einstein more than a century ago, are permeating the universe at low frequencies - creating a cosmic background hum. The new findings show that space is awash with these gravitational waves, which oscillate over years or longer and appear to originate primarily …

Scientists have finally 'heard' the chorus of gravitational waves that ripple through the universe
1 year, 9 months ago

Scientists have finally 'heard' the chorus of gravitational waves that ripple through the universe

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. They reported Wednesday that they were able to “hear” …

Scientists have finally ‘heard’ the chorus of gravitational waves that ripple through the universe
1 year, 9 months ago

Scientists have finally ‘heard’ the chorus of gravitational waves that ripple through the universe

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Scientists have observed for the first time the faint ripples caused by the motion of black holes that are gently stretching and squeezing everything in the universe. They reported Wednesday that they were able to “hear” what are called low-frequency gravitational waves — changes in the fabric of the universe that are created by huge objects moving …

First hints of 'background' gravitational waves from supermassive black holes
1 year, 9 months ago

First hints of 'background' gravitational waves from supermassive black holes

ABC  

You may not be able to feel it, but scientists believe the fabric of space-time around you is constantly rippling with waves created by monster black holes circling each other. Key points: Scientists have been hunting for signs of gravitational waves created by supermassive black holes They have observed fast-spinning stars over decades using radio telescopes around the world, looking …

Gravitational Waves, Other Science Headlines With Ari Shapiro : Short Wave : NPR
1 year, 9 months ago

Gravitational Waves, Other Science Headlines With Ari Shapiro : Short Wave : NPR

NPR  

Astronomers have some big gravitational wave news Enlarge this image toggle caption NANOGrav collaboration; Aurore Simonet NANOGrav collaboration; Aurore Simonet All Things Considered host Ari Shapiro returns to nerd-out with Regina G. Barber and Geoff Brumfiel on science in the news. They discuss the discovery of new gravitational waves, a robot prototype that draws design inspiration from nature and why …

Scientists find entirely new kind of gravitational wave in unprecedented breakthrough
1 year, 9 months ago

Scientists find entirely new kind of gravitational wave in unprecedented breakthrough

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Scientists have “heard” a chorus of gravitational waves rippling through the universe, in …

Scientists have found signs of a new kind of gravitational wave. It's really big
1 year, 9 months ago

Scientists have found signs of a new kind of gravitational wave. It's really big

NPR  

Scientists have found signs of a new kind of gravitational wave. That landmark discovery showed that gravitational waves truly existed, fulfilling a prediction made by Albert Einstein in 1916 and giving researchers a new way to study exotic phenomena like black holes and neutron stars. But this wouldn't work to find the kind of long-wavelength gravitational waves created by supermassive …

Black holes beware: Gravitational wave detector back online after 3 year hiatus
1 year, 10 months ago

Black holes beware: Gravitational wave detector back online after 3 year hiatus

Salon  

After a three-year hiatus, scientists in the U.S. have just turned on detectors capable of measuring gravitational waves — tiny ripples in space itself that travel through the universe. Gravitational waves are created when massive objects like black holes or neutron stars merge with one another, producing sudden, large changes in space. The upgraded version of LIGO started collecting data …

How gravitational waves are opening up the hidden corners of the universe to human eyes
2 years, 4 months ago

How gravitational waves are opening up the hidden corners of the universe to human eyes

Salon  

Did you feel it? Acclaimed physicist Albert Einstein first theorized about the existence of gravitational waves in 1916, and after being discovered a century later, astronomers have applied this knowledge to achieve the previously unthinkable, such as observing a black hole devouring a neutron star. Science news headlines regularly tout how gravitational waves are allowing scientists to do new things …

NASA audio of a black hole has gone viral. Here's how they created it, and what else we can 'hear' in space
2 years, 7 months ago

NASA audio of a black hole has gone viral. Here's how they created it, and what else we can 'hear' in space

ABC  

This week NASA shared some audio that allows us to "hear a black hole". The Perseus galaxy cluster was made famous almost 20 years ago, after sound waves were detected around its supermassive black hole. In 2003, astronomers found that pressure waves sent out by the black hole at the centre of the Perseus galaxy cluster caused ripples in the …

NASA reacts to ‘idea of no sound in space': Released audio from black hole
2 years, 7 months ago

NASA reacts to ‘idea of no sound in space': Released audio from black hole

Live Mint  

NASA released an audio clip on Sunday that represents actual sound waves emanating from the enormous back hole at the centre of the Perseus Galaxy Cluster. An active twitter user, Asher Honickman tweeted, “Somehow you just knew a black hole was going to sound like terrifying ghosts instead gentle ocean waves." NASA describes this sound as a result of pressure …

NASA records sound from black hole 250 lightyears away and it's super eerie - Listen here
2 years, 7 months ago

NASA records sound from black hole 250 lightyears away and it's super eerie - Listen here

India TV News  

Highlights The black hole is around 250 lightyears away from Earth In a 34-second audio clip, one can relate it to be a mixture of spooky sounds The sound was produced through Data Sonification of a black hole at the Center of the Perseus Galaxy Black Hole: Ever heard a sound of a black hole, a celestial body that is …

Record number of gravitational waves hit Earth, shed light on unknown mysteries of universe
3 years, 4 months ago

Record number of gravitational waves hit Earth, shed light on unknown mysteries of universe

India Today  

It was 1916 when Albert Einstein first predicted the existence of gravitational waves, a ripple in space-time, in his general theory of relativity. 32 of these ripples were detected from pairs of merging black holes, while three others likely come from the collision of a neutron star and a black hole. According to LIGO, the strongest gravitational waves are produced …

Black holes gobbling up neutron stars confirmed as source of gravitational waves for first time
3 years, 9 months ago

Black holes gobbling up neutron stars confirmed as source of gravitational waves for first time

ABC  

Around one billion years ago, two of the most extreme objects in the universe smashed into each other. Key points: Scientists have detected two neutron star-black hole collisions by analysing gravitational waves The confirmed observations, which happened 10 days apart, is the last piece of the puzzle in major gravitational wave discoveries Studying these events can answer big questions about …

Cooling 'primordial soup' in early universe produced gravitational waves, claims new study
4 years ago

Cooling 'primordial soup' in early universe produced gravitational waves, claims new study

Firstpost  

From recently-discovered signatures of very low-frequency gravitational waves, scientists theorize that a combination of a hypothetical elementary particle – highly light axion-like particles – and phase transitions in the early universe may have caused this class of gravitational waves to exist. Gravitational waves are ripples emitted by catastrophic cosmic events like collisions between black holes and/or neutron stars. NANOGrav collaboration …

Gravitational waves from 39 cosmic events recorded by LIGO, VIRGO in the last six months
4 years, 5 months ago

Gravitational waves from 39 cosmic events recorded by LIGO, VIRGO in the last six months

Firstpost  

Some of the coalescing black holes could help scientists understand how black holes partner up before they collide. These waves were caused by violent events like the melding of two black holes into one and have the ability to stretch and squeeze the fabric of spacetime. According to the report in LIGO’s website, researchers reported on gravitational wave discoveries from …

Scientists confirm that black holes are hairless and ring like a bell, gravitationally speaking, when they're born
5 years, 6 months ago

Scientists confirm that black holes are hairless and ring like a bell, gravitationally speaking, when they're born

Firstpost  

If there’s one legacy of Albert Einstein that never ceases to make headlines, it’s his Theory of General Relativity. Black holes are one of the biggest enigmas in astrophysics, so it’s no surprise that new discoveries about black holes have also reaffirmed or challenged Einstein’s 103-year-old General Relativity theory. A black hole resulting from such a cosmically-quaking collision should itself …

Einstein was right about gravitational waves, we now have measurements to prove it
5 years, 10 months ago

Einstein was right about gravitational waves, we now have measurements to prove it

Firstpost  

The waves change the particles they encounter on their path & scientists have figured out in what ways. The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory is the largest physics experiment and observatory detecting gravitational waves. This persistent gravitational wave, called gravitational wave memory effect, can be measured by scientists to understand, measure and predict where these waves are in space and how …

LIGO detects gravitational waves from neutron stars colliding and — possibly — one being eaten by a black hole
5 years, 11 months ago

LIGO detects gravitational waves from neutron stars colliding and — possibly — one being eaten by a black hole

ABC  

About 500 million years ago, two small, incredibly dense stars collided. Key points: LIGO detected the likely crash between two neutron stars, as well as a weak signal that could indicate a neutron star and black hole colliding The gravitational wave detector has only been online for a few weeks after an upgrade Astronomers are yet to pinpoint the two …

Giant collisions shake the cosmos
6 years, 3 months ago

Giant collisions shake the cosmos

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Don Lincoln is a senior scientist at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Well, actually, it’s more accurate to say that this was the date humanity became aware of a cataclysmic event – the merging of two enormous black holes that occurred about 1.3 billion years ago – or, stealing a line from Star Wars, “a long time ago in …

Scientists detect four new gravitational waves from separate black hole mergers
6 years, 3 months ago

Scientists detect four new gravitational waves from separate black hole mergers

India TV News  

Scientists have made four new detections of gravitational waves -- ripples in the fabric of space and time - emanating from separate black hole mergers. So far the US-based LIGO and Europe-based VIRGO gravitational-wave detectors have recorded gravitational waves from a total of 10 black hole mergers and one merger of neutron stars. From September 12, 2015, to January 19, …

Gravitational waves from black hole collision detected
7 years, 4 months ago

Gravitational waves from black hole collision detected

Live Mint  

Washington: Scientists have yet again detected gravitational waves—ripples in the fabric of space and time— produced by the merger of two light black holes about a billion light-years away from the Earth. This event, detected by detectors on 8 June this year, was actually the second binary black hole merger observed during Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory ’s second observation run …

Gravitational waves emitted from supermassive black hole binary could be detected in 10 years
7 years, 4 months ago

Gravitational waves emitted from supermassive black hole binary could be detected in 10 years

Firstpost  

It has been observed that the bigger a galaxy, the size of the black hole increases. In a research done by the NASA, it has been predicted that in the next ten years, scientists might be able to detect gravitational waves from at least one black hole binary. Usually, these detectors like LIGO or Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory or the …

Catching cosmic chirps
7 years, 5 months ago

Catching cosmic chirps

The Hindu  

THE faint “chirp” lasted just one-fifth of a second. But the feeble signal, picked up by sophisticated detectors situated in two different geographical locations in the United States about two years ago, has given scientists enough evidence of the existence of the elusive gravitational waves, predicted by Albert Einstein about a century ago. Weiss and Thorne are pioneers who firmly …

Experiments simultaneously detect gravitational waves – and help open up a new era of astronomy
7 years, 5 months ago

Experiments simultaneously detect gravitational waves – and help open up a new era of astronomy

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It’s actually hugely important, because it provides the first corroboration of direct detection of gravitational …

人类首次“看到”引力波 终于找到金子的源头了
7 years, 5 months ago

人类首次“看到”引力波 终于找到金子的源头了

China Daily  

10月16日22时，国际天文界宣布一次新的科学进展：首次直接探测到双中子星并合引力波及其伴随的电磁信号。这标志着人类历史上第一次使用引力波天文台和其他望远镜观测到同一天体物理事件，预示着天文学研究进入“多信使”阶段。 人类首次“看到”引力波 全球多国科学家16日同步举行新闻发布会，宣布人类第一次直接探测到来自双中子星合并的引力波，并同时“看到”这一壮观宇宙事件发出的电磁信号。 美国国家科学基金会、美国LIGO等提供的效果图显示两个并合中的中子星。新华社发 On Monday, scientists who won a Nobel Prize for their discovery of gravitational waves announced the first detection of the collision of two neutron stars. 在探测到这一天文事件后，科学家团队提醒全球的天文学家观测这一现象，帮助他们把望远镜对准合并现场。 此次引力波事件具有极为重要的意义，天文学家使用了大量地面和空间望远镜进行观测，形成了一场天文学历史上极为罕见的全球规模的联合观测。不过，在引力波事件发生时，仅有4台X射线和伽马射线望远镜成功监测到爆发天区，中国的“慧眼”望远镜便是其中之一。 慧眼望远镜示意图。来源：科技日报 根据探测记录，科学家复原出整个事件发生的过程：在距离地球1.3亿光年的长蛇座星系NGC4993中，两颗中子星互相绕转。在并合前约100秒时，它们相距400公里，每秒钟互相绕转12圈，并向外辐射引力波。它们越转越近，直至最终碰撞在一起，形成新的天体，并发出电磁辐射。 双中子星并合后发出短伽玛暴和巨新星辐射的示意图 来源：科技日报 The collision created the first observed instance of a single source emitting ripples in space-time, known as gravitational waves, as well as light, which was …

AP Explains: Why gravitational wave researchers won a Nobel
7 years, 5 months ago

AP Explains: Why gravitational wave researchers won a Nobel

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Three U.S.-based astrophysicists won the Nobel prize in physics Tuesday for their discovery of gravitational waves, a phenomenon Albert Einstein predicted a century ago in his theory of general relativity. So far the LIGO twin detectors in Louisiana and Washington — and a new one in Italy — have spotted four gravitational waves in about two years since …

Scientists behind the discovery of gravitational waves win the 2017 Nobel Prize for Physics
7 years, 6 months ago

Scientists behind the discovery of gravitational waves win the 2017 Nobel Prize for Physics

Salon  

The Swedish Academy of Sciences has announced that the 2017 Nobel prize in Physics goes to three scientists for their foundational work leading to the discovery of ripples in the fabric of space and time known as gravitational waves. Gravitational waves, predicted by Einstein in 1916, travel across our universe at the speed of light – stretching space in one …

Nobel Prize-winning detectors revealed a cosmic cataclysm (opinion)
7 years, 6 months ago

Nobel Prize-winning detectors revealed a cosmic cataclysm (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Dr. Don Lincoln, a senior physicist at Fermilab, does research using the Large Hadron Collider. Story highlights Don Lincoln: Gravitational wave detectors showed that two black holes, locked for eons in a dance of death, finally slammed into one another Previously unseen phenomena can now be observed as a result of Nobel Prize-winning science, he writes CNN — …

Scientists detect echoes from the collision of black holes
7 years, 6 months ago

Scientists detect echoes from the collision of black holes

Daily Mail  

Ripples in space-time generated by the collision of two black holes nearly two billion years ago have been captured by super-sensitive detectors in the US and Italy. Using a network of American and European detectors for the first time, the international team was able to trace the latest source of gravitational waves to the merger of two black holes 1.8 …

Three detectors, two black holes and one really big collision: Gravitational waves found again
7 years, 6 months ago

Three detectors, two black holes and one really big collision: Gravitational waves found again

LA Times  

Scientists have announced the fourth discovery of gravitational waves produced by the collision of two black holes — and it’s the first such smash-up found with the help of the European Virgo detector. But researchers have now built detectors that can directly observe gravitational waves, particularly those caused by the violent smash-up of a pair of black holes spinning around …

What scientists are saying about LIGO's third discovery of gravitational waves from colliding black holes
7 years, 9 months ago

What scientists are saying about LIGO's third discovery of gravitational waves from colliding black holes

Firstpost  

The discovery of gravitational waves for the first time in 2016 was the biggest science story of the year, if not the century. Gravitational wave observations are now firmly part of the toolbox for understanding some of the most exotic objects and violent events in the universe.” The gravitational waves were from a collision between two black holes almost three …

LIGO detects gravitational waves for third time, produced by the merger of two black holes
7 years, 10 months ago

LIGO detects gravitational waves for third time, produced by the merger of two black holes

Firstpost  

The new detection occurred on January 4 this year during the ongoing second observing run of the Advanced LIGO detectors in the US. The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory said today that it had made another successful detection of gravitational waves, ripples in space and time, from the merger of two massive black holes that happened three billion light years away. …

After LIGO detects a third black hole collision, gravitational wave astronomy is here to stay
7 years, 10 months ago

After LIGO detects a third black hole collision, gravitational wave astronomy is here to stay

LA Times  

Scientists on the lookout for subtle disturbances in the fabric of space-time have detected the signal from a cataclysmic collision between two black holes that lie some 3 billion light-years away, much farther two previous discoveries. “We’re really moving from novelty to new observational science — a new astronomy of gravitational waves,” said MIT senior research scientist David Shoemaker, spokesman …

The detection of gravitational waves by the LIGO was the biggest physics success story in 2016
8 years, 3 months ago

The detection of gravitational waves by the LIGO was the biggest physics success story in 2016

Firstpost  

Science fiction and reality collided when LIGO opened up our sixth sense to understand the universe and set the ball rolling for a new era of observational astrophysics. In 2016, science fiction and reality collided when LIGO opened up our sixth sense to understand the universe and set the ball rolling for a new era of observational astrophysics with the …

‘Indian gravitational waves observatory will be best in the world’
8 years, 3 months ago

‘Indian gravitational waves observatory will be best in the world’

Hindustan Times  

Scientists working on the development of a gravitational wave detecting observatory in India, the fifth such facility in the world, said it will be the most sensitive gravitational wave detecting observatory. Speaking at a panel discussion on the first day of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay’s annual technology extravaganza TechFest, Bruce Allen, managing director Albert Einstein Institute Hannover and one …

LIGO resumes hunt for gravitational waves after receiving upgrades
8 years, 3 months ago

LIGO resumes hunt for gravitational waves after receiving upgrades

Firstpost  

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory has resumed scientific operations after a series of engineering test runs. Peter Fritschel, LIGO’s chief detector scientist, said “The Livingston detector has improved sensitivity for lower gravitational-wave frequencies, below about 100 hertz, primarily as the result of reducing the level of scattered light, which can be a pernicious source of noise in the interferometers.” In …

Gravitational waves can explain how black holes are born
8 years, 9 months ago

Gravitational waves can explain how black holes are born

The Hindu  

Gravitational waves or ripples in space-time captured by space detectors could soon be used to discover when and how some of the universe’s largest black holes were born, scientists have said Led by researchers at the Durham University scientists in the UK ran the huge cosmological simulations that can be used to predict the rate at which gravitational waves caused …

Space-based gravitational wave detectors may reveal how black holes are born
8 years, 9 months ago

Space-based gravitational wave detectors may reveal how black holes are born

Firstpost  

Two detections of gravitational waves caused by collisions between supermassive black holes should be possible each year using space-based instruments London: Gravitational waves or ripples in space-time captured by space detectors could soon be used to discover when and how some of the universe’s largest black holes were born, scientists say. Two detections of gravitational waves caused by collisions between …

New technology to double LIGO's ability to detect gravitational waves
8 years, 9 months ago

New technology to double LIGO's ability to detect gravitational waves

Firstpost  

Washington: Researchers have developed a new technology that aims to make the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory even more sensitive to gravitational waves — faint ripples in space-time. Although not part of the original Advanced LIGO design, injecting the new squeezed vacuum source into the LIGO detector could help double its sensitivity. Scientists at Advanced LIGO announced the first-ever observation …

Einstein was so right! Yet another proof of gravitational waves comes to the fore
8 years, 9 months ago

Einstein was so right! Yet another proof of gravitational waves comes to the fore

India Today  

Last September, LIGO, an astronomical measurement system in the US, found traces of gravitational waves, the existence of which was first expounded by Albert Einstein. Binary black hole system Binary black hole system What are gravitational waves? Stephen Hawking on Gravitational Waves: Gravitational waves were first detected in the black hole binary system The properties that are observed by the …

Gravitational waves: Scientists detect second 'fantastically significant' signal
8 years, 9 months ago

Gravitational waves: Scientists detect second 'fantastically significant' signal

ABC  

The cataclysmic collision of black holes is a frequent occurrence in space, according to a team of international scientists that has just detected gravitational waves for the second time in history. Key facts about the detection: Like the first signal, this new signal comes from merging of two black holes These black holes were smaller, so the signal is weaker …

Gravitational waves announcement: Scientists hail ‘spectacular’ new detection of ripples in spacetime
8 years, 9 months ago

Gravitational waves announcement: Scientists hail ‘spectacular’ new detection of ripples in spacetime

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Dr Stephen Fairhurst, one of the team members from Cardiff University, said: "This event heralds …

Gravitational Waves From Colliding Black Holes Shake Scientists' Detectors Again
8 years, 9 months ago

Gravitational Waves From Colliding Black Holes Shake Scientists' Detectors Again

NPR  

Gravitational Waves From Colliding Black Holes Shake Scientists' Detectors Again Scientists announced Wednesday that they have once again detected ripples in space and time from two black holes colliding far away in the universe. The discovery comes just months after the first-ever detection of such "gravitational waves," and it suggests that smaller-sized black holes might be more numerous than many …

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