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Cosmology (THE UNIVERSE) Part 1 Encore with Katie Mack

Ologies with Alie Ward

CHAPTER

Detection and Significance of Gravitational Waves

This chapter discusses the detection of gravitational waves and why it is significant. Gravitational waves are described as ripples in the fabric of space-time caused by the movement of massive objects. The chapter explains that when two black holes orbit each other and eventually merge, it creates a strong burst of detectable gravitational waves.

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