Gravitational Wave Astronomy Discussed At 66Th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

First Posted: Jun 14, 2016 06:20 AM EDT

The LIGO detection of gravitational waves is a breakthrough for the astronomers and researchers on how they view the space. It is also significant in experimental physics. This discovery would be the center of discussion in the upcoming 66th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting on June 26 to July 1, 2016.

The gravitational wave astronomy postulates novel perceptions about the cosmos. Some of the researchers referred it as a revolution in astrophysics. The discovery of this new field of science can provide answers to questions such as: What happens during a supernova? What happened after the Big Bang? What do neurons stars look like? It can explore the dark side of the universe.

Black hole pairs spat out of mosh pits make gravitational waves https://t.co/KYui9uUFid pic.twitter.com/wRBjvkv8Ar

— New Scientist (@newscientist) June 13, 2016

About 100 years ago, Albert Einstein printed the Theory of General Relativity in 1915 that includes the existence of gravitational waves. Einstein's theory was confirmed when the LIGO's instruments detected the presence of the actual gravitational waves in 2015. He speculated that when the objects move in the space they generate waves in space-time around them.

Prof. Daniel Holz shares what it was like to help discover #gravitationalwaves: https://t.co/BqSmZghcAv pic.twitter.com/SPSikYyEvp — UChicago (@UChicago) June 3, 2016

NASA stated that when the two black holes collided 1.3 billion years ago, it produced gravitational waves that were identified by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. With this, a new field of science has been born--the gravitational wave astronomy.

The 66^th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting will be imparted by Vinton Cerf, the recipient of the ACM A.M. Turing Award 2004 and 31 Nobel Laureates together with 400 Ph.D. candidates, post-docs and students from 80 countries. The Lindau Meetings are about science, life and humankind's future. It discusses the benefit of science for mankind.