How to use the whole galaxy to hear huge gravitational waves
Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
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The Importance of Gravitational Waves
A gravitational wave is an effect of the curvature of space around a body. If you wiggle the sun, it changes the curvatures of space and it takes a while for that wiggle to get to earth. The first direct proof was observations by LIGO in 2016 of black hole mergers giving off these gravitational radiations using this incredible bravura technique.
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