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THE search for gravitational waves is back on, and this time we are expecting a deluge.
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) in the US made a huge splash in 2016, when it announced the detection of faint ripples in space-time produced by the collision of a pair of black holes. It has since spotted 10 more gravitational-wave events. Now, following upgrades, LIGO should see one a week when it starts up again on 1 April.
“We’re making the transition from having a slow drip of events to opening the faucet,” says Luis Lehner …
source: newscientist.com