Ripples and reflections

"A German/UK team has put the giant GEO 600 gravitational wave detector in a continuous observational mode. The Hanover lab is trying to detect the ripples created in the fabric of space-time when black holes fall onto each other or massive stars explode.

"Success would confirm fundamental physical theories and open a new window on the Universe, enabling scientists to probe the moment of creation itself." [Or so they believe. --Ed]



Rick McCawley: Earth, Air, Fire and Water -- The Dream Diaries