space-time
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The cosmic crash, now known as GW231123, was detected by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observatories, which measure gravitational waves -- the ripples in space-time produced by massive celestial motions.
From Science Daily
Gravitational waves are tiny ripples in space-time that occur when massive celestial objects crash or merge.
From Science Daily
Albert Einstein expanded on this in 1916, describing gravitational waves as ripples in the fabric of space-time in his general theory of relativity.
From Science Daily
These QFTs, with their simplified space-time symmetry, serve as a laboratory environment, as they resemble real physical systems of subatomic particles but have certain mathematical properties that facilitate calculations.
From Science Daily
It holds that in the first sliver of time after the universe’s birth, the fabric of space-time accelerated outward to speeds far faster than the speed of light.
From New York Times
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