The Almanac

September 14

One thing science and human progress accomplished on this date.

  1. 2015

    Gravitational waves are detected at last

    The twin LIGO detectors in the United States felt a faint ripple pass through spacetime, the first direct detection of gravitational waves. It came from two black holes that spiraled together more than a billion years ago. Einstein had predicted such waves a century earlier, and the catch opened a new way to listen to the universe.

    Source: Wikipedia

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