Universe Today - See the Universe With Gravity Eyes

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DATE : Fri, 2 Jun 2006 22:00:00 -0800
Entered in Database : 2006-06-03 06:00:00
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In the past, astronomers could only see the sky in visible light, using their eyes as receptors. New technologies extended their vision into different spectra: infrared, ultraviolet, radio waves, x-rays and gamma rays. But what if you had gravity eyes? Einstein predicted that the most extreme objects and events in the Universe should generate gravity waves, and distort space around them. A new experiment called Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (or LIGO) could make the first detection of these gravity waves.

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