Poincaré in 1905 as the gravitational equivalent of electromagnetic waves. In 1916, Albert Einstein demonstrated that gravitational waves result from his general...
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A gravitational-wave detector (used in a gravitational-wave observatory) is any device designed to measure tiny distortions of spacetime called gravitational...
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The first direct observation of gravitational waves was made on 14 September 2015 and was announced by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations on 11 February...
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The gravitational wave background (also GWB and stochastic background) is a random background of gravitational waves permeating the Universe, which is...
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fluctuations, gravitational radiation involves fluctuations of the relatively weaker gravitational field. The existence of gravitational waves was first suggested...
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LIGO (redirect from Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory)
Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is a large-scale physics experiment and observatory designed to detect cosmic gravitational waves and to...
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Gravity (redirect from Gravitational interaction)
physics. Gravitation, also known as gravitational attraction, is the mutual attraction between all masses in the universe. Gravity is the gravitational attraction...
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page contains a list of observed/candidate gravitational wave events. Direct observation of gravitational waves, which commenced with the detection of an...
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measure gravitational waves—tiny ripples in the fabric of spacetime—from astronomical sources. LISA will be the first dedicated space-based gravitational-wave...
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Tests of general relativity (redirect from Gravitational deflection of light)
of the perihelion of Mercury, the bending of light in gravitational fields, and the gravitational redshift. The precession of Mercury was already known;...
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