12 Feb 2016

The discovery of gravitational waves

From Nine To Noon, 9:28 am on 12 February 2016
3D visualization of gravitational waves produced by two orbiting black holes.

3D visualization of gravitational waves produced by two orbiting black holes. Photo: Henze, NASA

Renowned mathematician Roy Kerr who in 1963 solved Einstein's equations for black holes on the detection of  gravitational waves which proves spinning black holes exist.

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