Listening for Gravity Waves, Silence Becomes Meaningful
Friday, August 28, 2009 - 23:36
in Astronomy & Space
Gravity waves spread through space and time like ripples on a pond, warping the fabric of the universe as they pass. The largest waves emanate from the most cataclysmic events in the universe: stellar explosions, mergers of black holes, and the violent first moments of cosmological history. Or so the venerable theory of general relativity goes--although many predictions of Albert Einstein's theory of gravity have been proved, only indirect evidence for gravity waves has been found. [More]