Scientists have for the first time observed elusive gravitational waves – tiny ripples in the fabric of space-time caused by violent astronomical events.
“The discovery, announced overnight in Washington DC, confirms the last outstanding prediction made by Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity.
“This final piece in Einstein’s puzzle could open up a whole new field of astronomy and help us in the search for a grand unified theory of matter, uniting relativity with the world of quantum physics.
“Before today, every single prediction from Einstein’s 1915 theory has been proven by direct experimental evidence – except one: the existence of gravitational waves.”
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