Ling Sun

PhD candidate, School of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne

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Riding the gravitational wave

Scientists have just confirmed that their third observation of gravitational waves was a success. But what are gravitational waves? And why are astronomers jumping up and down with excitement?

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