Gravitational waves detected 100 years after Einstein’s prediction
Ripples in the fabric of spacetime produced by two merging black holes were detected by the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO; top inset). The announcement comes 100 years after Albert Einstein’s prediction of the existence of gravitational waves and signals the opening of the gravitational wave Universe. The wide-field imaging capability of DECam at CTIO (bottom inset) was used to search for the optical counterpart of the gravitational wave event.
Credit:SXS, LIGO Laboratory and T. Abbot & NOAO/AURA/NSF
About the Image
Id: | noaoann16005a |
Type: | Collage |
Release date: | Feb. 11, 2016 |
Related announcements: | noaoann16005 |
Size: | 1423 x 800 px |
About the Object
Category: | Quasars and Black Holes |