Astronomy's New Messengers
Δημοσιεύτηκε στις 6 Φεβ 2015
Marcia
Bartusiak joins Kip Thorne, Laura Danly and Rainer Weiss to demonstrate
how two observatories on opposite sides of the country, called LIGO
(Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory), may open a new
window on observing the cosmos—one based not in light but in gravity.
Scientists have embarked on this joint experiment, seeking whispers of
far-away violence—like the collision between distant black
holes—rippling through the cosmos. It’s taken nearly a century, but
technology has finally caught up to Einstein’s brilliance. His 1916
General Theory of Relativity predicted the existence of gravitational
waves—undulations in the very fabric of space and time—and LIGO
researchers are now poised to detect them.
Bartusiak joins Kip Thorne, Laura Danly and Rainer Weiss to demonstrate
how two observatories on opposite sides of the country, called LIGO
(Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory), may open a new
window on observing the cosmos—one based not in light but in gravity.
Scientists have embarked on this joint experiment, seeking whispers of
far-away violence—like the collision between distant black
holes—rippling through the cosmos. It’s taken nearly a century, but
technology has finally caught up to Einstein’s brilliance. His 1916
General Theory of Relativity predicted the existence of gravitational
waves—undulations in the very fabric of space and time—and LIGO
researchers are now poised to detect them.
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