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What is the speed at which gravitational waves propagate?
What is the speed at which gravitational waves propagate?
- Speed of electricity
- Speed of thought
- Speed of sound
- Speed of light (correct)
Who first proposed the concept of gravitational waves?
Who first proposed the concept of gravitational waves?
- Albert Einstein
- Henri Poincaré
- Oliver Heaviside (correct)
- Isaac Newton
What form of energy do gravitational waves transport?
What form of energy do gravitational waves transport?
- Solar energy
- Gravitational radiation (correct)
- Kinetic energy
- Nuclear energy
Why does Newton's law of universal gravitation not account for gravitational waves?
Why does Newton's law of universal gravitation not account for gravitational waves?
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What discovery led to the first indirect evidence for the existence of gravitational waves?
What discovery led to the first indirect evidence for the existence of gravitational waves?
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