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Do You Know: THE GRAVITATIONAL WAVES
Waves are created on the surface of water when we drop a stone into it. Similarly you must have seen the waves generated on a string when both its end are held in hand and it is shaken. Light is also type of wave called the ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE. Gamma rays, X-rays, ultraviolet rays, infrared rays, microwaves and radioactive waves are all different types of ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES. Astronomical objects emit these waves and we receive them using our instruments.
Gravitational waves are a very different types of waves. They have been called the waves on the fabric of space-time. Einsteine predicted their existence in 1916. These waves are very week and it's a very difficult to detect them. Scientist have constructed extremely sensitive instruments to detect the GRAVITATIONAL WAVES emitted by astronomical sources. Among these, LIGO(Laser Interferometric Gravitational Waves Observatory) is the prominent one. Exactly after hundred years of their prediction, scientist detected these waves coming from an astronomical source. Indian scientist have opened a new path to obtained information about the universe.
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