Scientists help finally unlock Einstein’s secret of the universe

Gravitational waves were predicted by Einstein in his general theory of relativity in 1915, but have only now been scientifically discovered. Sadly, the answer is no. “It brings us a much deeper understanding of how warp spacetime behaves when it is extremely warped”, says Thorne. “We are not only going to be seeing the universe – we are going to be listening to it”.

A billion years ago, a billion light years away, two black holes collided, sending waves of energy hurtling through space. Gravitational waves pass through everything, so the result traveled through the universe for that time before reaching Earth.

There are many more discoveries to come, Raab said.

“What we have done for the first time is build a receiver that can receive and measure space quakes”, he said. Although Einstein created the idea, he remained uncertain regarding the waves, though they have provided evidence for black holes, something he was uncomfortable with as he knew his theory was too inadequate to mathematically describe. “We can hear the universe”, LIGO Scientific Collaboration spokeswoman Gabriela Gonzalez, a professor of physics and astronomy at Louisiana State University, said during a news conference Thursday.

Gravitational waves detected at last!

The gist is that the LIGO project recorded the sound of two black holes colliding.

Before joining Sheffield he worked for five years at LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory), in the US and for his PhD he worked on the American axion search experiment looking for dark matter.

“The field of gravitational wave astronomy is now a reality”. He tried to convince as why he thinks Einstein is right and discussions took place between Einstein and Infeld. “And, surprisingly, the source of the waves is a system of two black holes in orbit around each other, that spiral inward and smash together”. Now, scientists have finally tapped into reality where the wildest imaginations of Einstein become manifest.

This is the first observation of a binary black hole merger that will offer information about their origins and the nature of gravity that can not be found otherwise.

The Hanford and Louisiana LIGOs started up in late summer after a major upgrade to significantly increase their sensitivity.