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Gravitational waves: Listening to the heartbeat of space-time

Gravitational waves: Listening to the heartbeat of space-time

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Imagine a massive bell ringing somewhere across the cosmos — except the bell is two black holes crashing into each other, and the ringing is not sound, but ripples in space itself. These ripples, called gravitational waves, stretch and squeeze the very fabric of the universe.  Predicted by Albert Einstein in 1916 as a consequence […]

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LIGO will be back in 2023, able to detect even ‘fainter’ gravitational waves

LIGO will be back in 2023, able to detect even ‘fainter’ gravitational waves

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The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) is scheduled to begin its fourth run of operations in March 2023 after over two years of maintenance work and upgrades. During its latest operational run, LIGO and its two detectors will work in tandem with the Virgo Interferometer in Italy and the KAGRA observatory in Japan. But this […]

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