5 Questions
Who first proposed the concept of gravitational waves?
Oliver Heaviside
In which year did Albert Einstein predict the existence of gravitational waves?
1916
What phenomenon provided the first indirect evidence for the existence of gravitational waves?
Decay of the Hulse–Taylor binary pulsar
What type of energy do gravitational waves transport?
Gravitational radiation energy
For what discovery did Russell A. Hulse and Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. receive the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1993?
Discovery of gravitational waves
Study Notes
Gravitational Waves
- Albert Einstein first proposed the concept of gravitational waves.
- In 1915, Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves.
- The phenomenon of binary pulsars provided the first indirect evidence for the existence of gravitational waves.
- Gravitational waves transport energy in the form of ripples in the fabric of spacetime.
- Russell A. Hulse and Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1993 for their discovery of the first binary pulsar, which provided evidence for gravitational waves.
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