NUIG scientists selected for major space study - Galway Bay FM

Galway Bay fm newsroom - A number of NUI Galway scientists have been selected by the European Space Agency for a major space study. The study concerns gravitational waves in space which are ripples through space-time that occur during extreme events such as when massive stars collide or when black holes spiral into each other. Three non-manned space crafts will be launched into space in 2034 to detect the gravitational waves. The space crafts will be placed 2.5 million kilometres from each other to form a triangle that will follow Earth in its orbit around the sun. They will detect

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