Einstein's theory of relativity finally proven - The Spectrum
A prediction made by Albert Einstein more than 100 years ago has come true, thanks to modern technology and the ingenuity of scientists today.
Scientists detected gravitational waves, which send ripples through space and time, about four months ago but confirmed them last week to the public. The 1,000 scientists working with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory discovered that the waves stretched the Earth, though it was mere thousandths of a nanometer and impossible to feel.
According to professor Alberto Vecchio from the University of Birmingham, this discovery is transformational.
"We have observed the universe through light so far," Vecchio said in a comment to The Guardian. "But we can only see part of what happens in the universe. Gravitational waves carry completely different information about phenomena in the universe, so we have opened a new way of listening to a broadcasting channel which will allow us to discover phenomena which we've never seen before."
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