Thursday, February 11, 2016

Breaking news: Gravitational waves detected

US scientists detect the gravitational waves predicted by Albert Einstein almost a 100 years ago. Everything about space and time are incredible and scientists who detected these gravitational waves using ground-based experiment believe these ripples in space-time were produced by the collision of two black holes 1.3 billion years ago.

Do not miss the video on this link on MSN 
http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/wonder/einstein%e2%80%99s-wildest-prediction-from-100-years-ago-is-turning-out-to-be-true/vi-BBpmJk9?ocid=spartanntp

More details from down under here:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-12/first-direct-evidence-of-gravitational-waves-detected/7140750

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/david-blair-40-years-gravitational-waves/7159870

Watch this video on YouTube to experience the thrill.
Source: by John Rowe Animation/Australia Telescope National Facility, CSIRO, Australia.

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