Glossary · term
Gravitational wave
Relativity
- Domain
- Relativity
Definition
A ripple in spacetime radiated when masses accelerate asymmetrically — merging black holes and neutron stars. Predicted in 1916 and detected in 2015, at a strain smaller than a proton's width across a four-kilometre arm.
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