The universe is continuously rippling with gravitational waves, a 15-year survey has reported. Using pulsars as distant beacons and radio telescopes to plumb the galaxy, a massive collaboration of astronomers and physicists has found strong evidence of a gravitational-wave background undulating through the cosmos. A single wave may take years to decades to crest andContinue reading “The Great Hum: Scientists finally detect continuous gravitational waves rippling across space-time”
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