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Albert Einstein 1
Albert Einstein 1
Albert Einstein 1
Gravitational waves
In 1916, Einstein predicted gravitational waves, ripples in
the curvature of spacetime which propagate as waves,
traveling outward from the source, transporting energy as
gravitational radiation. The existence of gravitational waves is
possible under general relativity due to its Lorentz
invariance which brings the concept of a finite speed of
propagation of the physical interactions of gravity with it. By
contrast, gravitational waves cannot exist in the Newtonian
theory of gravitation, which postulates that the physical
interactions of gravity propagate at infinite speed.
E = mc2