Gravitational Waves
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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?

  • Albert Einstein
  • Henri Poincaré
  • Oliver Heaviside (correct)
  • Isaac Newton
  • 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?

    <p>It assumes physical interactions propagate instantaneously</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What discovery led to the first indirect evidence for the existence of gravitational waves?

    <p>Orbital decay of the Hulse–Taylor binary pulsar</p> Signup and view all the answers

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