Albert Einstein and the incredible discovery of gravitational waves

Albert Einstein’s theory of gravitational waves in space time was proven after two Latinas discovered it by observing two colliding black holes.

Executive director of the LIGO project told BBC that “we have detected gravitational waves”.

The merging of those two black holes is now the focus of the science world.

What was rumored for such a long time has been found to be true as finally gravitational waves have been detected for the first. The LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) and Virgo group confirmed that the waves came from a black hole merger by comparing their data with a theoretical model developed at Cornell. A common analogy is to view space-time as a trampoline, and mass as a bowling ball placed on it. Objects on the trampoline’s surface will “fall” towards the center – representing gravity. But think of how much of our life is dictated by gravity, and how little we really know about it – especially the farther away from Earth it occurs.

The researchers said on Thursday they identified gravitational waves, described as ripples in space and time, coming from two distant black holes that orbited one another and smashed together at high speed to form a single, larger black hole, Reuters reported. “Up to now humanity has been deaf to the universe. We should see a universe that has never been observed before”.

Based on the observed signals, LIGO scientists estimated that the black holes for this event were about 29 and 36 times the mass of the sun, and the event took place 1.3 billion years ago.

“The search is over but the dawn of gravitational wave astronomy has begun”. It’s the first time the Universe has spoken to us in gravitational waves. The ability to detect them has the potential to revolutionise astronomy. He believed that cataclysmic events such as two black holes colliding would create the waves, which allow massive objects in space to become curved.

The existence of gravitational waves was first predicted by Albert Einstein in his Theory of General Relativity.

Both of LIGO’s four-kilometer super-antennas, one in Washington State and the other in Louisiana, recorded the chirp in September.