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Gravitational waves finally detected

LIGO Co-Founder Kip Thorne next to an image representing gravitational waves from two converging black holes
Il co-fondatore di LIGO Kip Thorne vicino ad un'immagine che rappresenta onde gravitazionali generate da due buchi neri Source: AAP

Scientists say they've detected gravitational waves - ripples in space and time first anticipated by Albert Einstein a century ago. The discovery has been hailed as one of the most important of our times: International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research Luca Cortese tells us why.


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Scientists say they've detected gravitational waves - ripples in space and time first anticipated by Albert Einstein a century ago. The discovery has been hailed as one of the most important of our times: International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research Luca Cortese tells us why.



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