Scientists eagerly awaiting statement on gravitational waves

The violent event created “gravitational waves” – a ripple in space-time.

We’re speaking to one of the researchers from the LIGO group about the discovery and what it means for how we observe the universe.

Sawyer said as the acceleration of the spinning begins, the frequency of the gravitational wave, which can be translated to a sound scientists described as a chirp, goes up and then stops, a clear signal that two black holes collided.

“It’s the first time this type of (binary black hole) system has ever been seen, and it’s proof that binary black holes exist”, said Reitze in a statement.

The particular sound heard this time around emerged millions of years ago when two black holes careered into one another. Gravitational waves were predicted by Einstein in his general theory of relativity in 1915, but have only now been scientifically discovered. He said the breakthrough tallied with predictions he made more than 40 years ago at Cambridge University.

Amanpreet Soin, another research scholar at the university, said, “The detection of the gravitational waves now leaves us with a lot more questions”. Scientists predict that the discovery could open a new window to unravel hidden secrets of the universe.

It took supercomputers to measure it, but what’s even more sublime is that Einstein conceived of this phenomenon 100 years ago and that the waves match his equation.

Besides proving that Einstein had a solid idea, the findings promise to change how we study the universe.

Did Einstein predict gravitational waves? . Accordingly, the signal LIGO received of the black hole merger was played on speakers to audiences of eager scientists. The current discovery was the result of the collision of two black holes (a rare but powerful event in space). The only direct application that can be foreseen is in the field of astronomy, where scientists will be able to tune in to space-time distortions from various periods in the history of the universe. Every object produces a gravitational wave, but they are so tiny that until now it has been almost impossible to detect them. About three minutes later, according to LIGO Hanford head Frederick Raab, “one of our computer codes said ‘Hey, look at this!'”

When microwave observations first found faint imprints of the Big Bang, Stephen Hawking called it the “greatest discovery of the century, if not all time”.