Sentences with phrase «wave observatory confirmed»
Only two years ago, a land - based gravitational wave observatory confirmed Einstein's prediction that gravitational fluctuations from moving matter excite infinitesimal ripples in space — this first detection of gravitational waves earned the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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In 2016, LIGO (short for Laser Interferometer Gravitational - Wave Observatory) announced it had detected gravitational waves for the first time, confirming Albert Einstein's predictions in general relativity.
The detection by the upgraded Laser Interferometer Gravitational - Wave Observatory (Advanced LIGO), along with two subsequent gravitational wave discoveries, confirmed a major prediction of Einstein's 1915 general theory of relativity and heralded a new era in physics, allowing scientists to study the universe in a new way by using gravity instead of light.
He began studying whether gravitational waves could provide a useful test of dark energy following the February 2016 announcement that the two sets of gravitational - wave detectors called LIGO (the Laser Interferometer Gravitational - Wave Observatory) captured the first confirmed measurement of gravitational waves.