理論物理學家艾倫·亞當斯說：「超過十億年以前，在遙遠星系的兩個黑洞陷入漩渦，最終相撞。所有能量被壓縮進時空之中，並以重力波的形式爆炸，擴及整個宇宙。」。大約25年前，一群科學家建立名為LIGO的巨大雷射探測儀來搜索這種已被預測、但從未觀測到的波。在這段深奧的談話中，亞當斯剖析2015年9月LIGO檢測到一個難以想像的異常訊號，導致物理學史上最激動人心的發現。

發現重力波的意義

Gravitational waves from colliding black holes, brighter than all the stars combined, reached Earth after traveling 1.3 billion years. The LIGO observatory detected these tiny ripples—so subtle they stretched each person by just one part in a billion trillion. This breakthrough lets scientists listen to cosmic events that light cannot reveal, unlocking stories of the universe’s birth and evolution. Gravitational waves pass through matter untouched, offering a new sense for exploring mysteries once thought forever hidden.

Hearing the Universe: Gravitational Waves Reveal the Invisible

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艾倫·亞當斯: 發現重力波的意義