, which is set to go back into operation in March after a long hiatus, dating back to 2020, caused by the Covid pandemic. Gravitational waves are ripples in space-time caused by major cosmic events, such as black hole mergers. They were first proposed in Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity.
Now, the new method could help test whether Einstein's seminal theory correctly describes the behavior of gravity in extreme cosmic events like mergers.Study co-author Lam Hui used a mystery box analogy to explain how gravitational waves can help reveal what's happening during a merger: "If I give you a box and ask you what's in it, the natural thing to do is to shake it. That would tell you whether inside the box are candies or coins.
The researchers believe their new model could offer an improvement of up to 10 percent over existing models, meaning we could soon have a better idea of what's happening during those