IMAGE: Illustration of ultrasensitive optical interrogation of the motions of atomically thin drumhead nanoelectromechanical resonators (made of atomic layers of MoS2 semiconductor crystals). (sciencecodex.com)
The runaway expansion lasted from about 10 - 36 of a second to 10 - 32 of a second after the Big Bang, but it would have deformed space violently enough to produce gravitational waves, just as a vibrating drumhead emits sound waves. (discovermagazine.com)
Think of each one as a 600 - mile - wide drumhead and you can understand why the sun is a noisy place. (discovermagazine.com)