Gravitational Waves Detected For The First Very First Time – Einstein Was Right
“Gravitational waves are akin to sound waves that travelled through space at the speed of light. Up to now humanity has been deaf to the universe. Suddenly we know how to listen. The Universe has spoken and we have understood.” (source)
The quote above comes from David Blair, a gravitational researcher at the University of Western Australia. After 100 years of searching, physicists have finally confirmed the existence of Einstein’s gravitational waves. It is easily one of the biggest discoveries in astrophysics within the last century, and will no doubt help us to better understand the universe and the true nature of reality.
They detected these waves by observing the warping of space-time that was created by a collision between two black holes more than one billion light years from Earth. Scientists are saying that this first detection of these waves will usher in a completely new era for astronomy.