{"668082":{"#nid":"668082","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Over 100 Years Later, Astronomers Finally Have a Clear View of Einstein\u0027s Wildest Theory","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAfter a three-year hiatus, scientists in the U.S. have just turned on detectors capable of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/observing.docs.ligo.org\/plan\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Emeasuring gravitational waves\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u2014 tiny ripples in space itself that travel through the universe.\u0026nbsp;Unlike light waves,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.inverse.com\/science\/historic-astronomical-explosion-is-shaped-like-a-perfect-sphere\u0022\u003Egravitational waves\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;are nearly unimpeded by the galaxies, stars, gas, and dust that fill the universe. This means that by measuring gravitational waves, astrophysicists\u0026nbsp;can peek directly into the heart of some of these most spectacular phenomena in the universe.\u0026nbsp;Since 2020, the Laser Interferometric Gravitational-Wave Observatory \u2014 commonly known as\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ligo.caltech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ELIGO\u003C\/a\u003E\u2014 has been sitting dormant while it underwent some exciting upgrades. These improvements will\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1103\/PhysRevX.13.011048\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Esignificantly boost the sensitivity\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;of LIGO and should allow the facility to observe more-distant objects that produce smaller ripples in spacetime. Faculty and students in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E and Georgia Tech\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cra.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ECenter for Relativistic Astrophysics\u003C\/a\u003E were part of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration when the observatory made the first direct observation of gravitational waves. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/laura-cadonati\u0022\u003ELaura Cadonati\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the School of Physics and associate dean for Research in the College of Sciences, served as LIGO deputy spokesperson and was on its data analysis team.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAfter a three-year hiatus, scientists in the U.S. have just turned on detectors capable of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/observing.docs.ligo.org\/plan\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Emeasuring gravitational waves\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u2014 tiny ripples in space itself that travel through the universe.\u0026nbsp;Unlike light waves,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.inverse.com\/science\/historic-astronomical-explosion-is-shaped-like-a-perfect-sphere\u0022\u003Egravitational waves\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;are nearly unimpeded by the galaxies, stars, gas, and dust that fill the universe. This means that by measuring gravitational waves, astrophysicists\u0026nbsp;can peek directly into the heart of some of these most spectacular phenomena in the universe.\u0026nbsp;Since 2020, the Laser Interferometric Gravitational-Wave Observatory \u2014 commonly known as\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ligo.caltech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ELIGO\u003C\/a\u003E\u2014 has been sitting dormant while it underwent some exciting upgrades. These improvements will\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1103\/PhysRevX.13.011048\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Esignificantly boost the sensitivity\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;of LIGO and should allow the facility to observe more-distant objects that produce smaller ripples in spacetime. Faculty and students in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E and Georgia Tech\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cra.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ECenter for Relativistic Astrophysics\u003C\/a\u003E were part of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration when the observatory made the first direct observation of gravitational waves. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/laura-cadonati\u0022\u003ELaura Cadonati\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the School of Physics and associate dean for Research in the College of Sciences, served as LIGO deputy spokesperson and was on its data analysis team.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-06-12 20:14:17","changed_gmt":"2023-06-12 20:14:17","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Inverse","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.inverse.com\/science\/ligo-upgrade-gravitational-waves","dateline":{"date":"2023-05-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-05-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"120191","name":"Laura Cadonati"},{"id":"120161","name":"LIGO"},{"id":"174581","name":"Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory"},{"id":"99091","name":"Gravitational waves"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}