These ripples in the very fabric of the universe were hypothesized by Einstein a century ago. Now scientists have detected them for the third time in a year and a half – ushering in a new era in astrophysics.
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Einstein called entanglement “spooky action at a distance”. But now it’s been used to design an incredibly sensitive detection method for gravitational waves.
Disappointed about Doctor Who’s TARDIS ending up at the wrong place at the wrong time? Don’t be – it’s incredibly precise.
Colliding black holes to exploding spacecraft, 2016 was an incredible year for astrophysics.
From the discovery of gravitational waves, to the Pokémon Go phenomenon to the Census debacle, it’s been a big year in science and technology.
Einstein’s theories of relativity underpin our understanding of the universe, yet they’re not taught in high school. How can we change that?
Sonification is a technique for converting data into sound. It could transform the study of distant worlds.
The OzGRav Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery will enable Australian researchers to be at the forefront of gravitational wave astronomy.
The observation of gravitational waves from a second black hole merger implies there are many more black holes in the universe than scientists had previously anticipated.
State of the art detectors have found another signal from a pair of collapsing black holes – the consequences could be momentous.
We find them at the beach, in every sound and light show, the miracle of wi-fi and now in the fabric of space-time itself. But what exactly is a wave?
Scientists being wrong is not a bug or a glitch – it’s a feature of science and mistakes can actually lead to new, deeper discoveries.
Scientific advances – including the recent discovery of gravitational waves – force us to deal with numbers so extreme they’re virtually inconceivable.
Why gravitational waves from the birth of the universe are a whole different story than the waves LIGO detected.
The hunt to find the source of the gravitational waves detected by LIGO on the sky is only just starting.
Einstein, an accomplished violinist, claimed that, had he not pursued science, he would have been a musician. That’s worth reflecting on, in the wake of last week’s discovery of gravitational waves.
Music has always played a role in our understanding of the universe. Listening to gravitational waves confirms thousands of years of metaphysical investigation.
There’s a good reason you should care about the discovery of gravitational waves, even if you don’t understand the science.
The discovery of gravitational waves has ushered in a new era in astronomy and physics. Where will the next big discovery be made? There’s no reason for it not to be Africa.
The discovery of gravitational waves involved a team of more than 1,000 scientists from across the globe, including Australia. So how does such an international collaboration work?
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Emeritus Professor, ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery, OzGrav, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Lecturer and ARC Future Fellow, Monash University
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Pro Vice-Chancellor Flagship Initiatives, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor, University of Sydney
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Associate professor, Monash University
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Professor of Physics, Penn State
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Professor of Gravitational Astrophysics and Cosmology, University of Glasgow
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Cosmologist, University of Tasmania
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South African Research Chair in Physical Cosmology, Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town
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Reader in Physics, University of Sheffield
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Postdoctoral research fellow in Gravitational Wave Astrophysics, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Mathematical Physics, University of Cape Town
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ARC Laureate Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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Professor of Physics and Mathematics, Queen's University Belfast
