Scientists Discover Traces of Massive Gravitational Waves

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Scientists believe they have found signs of an elusive type of rumbling through space that could signal the largest, most powerful black holes in the universe.

NPR reports that the discovery could lead to the unraveling of mysteries that surround supermassive black holes.

These enormous black holes, millions to billions of times more massive than our sun, exist at the center of galaxies much like the Milky Way.

Astrophysicist Stephen Taylor serves as the chair of a team of researchers known as the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav).

We've been on a mission for the last fifteen years to find a low-pitched hum of gravitational waves resounding throughout the universe, Stephen Taylor, Vanderbilt University astrophysicist, via NPR.

We're very happy to announce that our hard work has paid off, Stephen Taylor, Vanderbilt University astrophysicist, via NPR.

We expect the gravitational wave evidence that we've seen in this 15-year dataset to be even stronger in that one, Maura McLaughlin, NANOGrav astrophysicist at West Virginia University, via NPR.

NPR reports that similar research groups around the world have also begun to detect hints of these waves.

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The discovery of gravitational waves in 2015 came almost 100 years after being predicted by Einstein.

The discovery of gravitational waves in 2015 came almost 100 years after being predicted by Einstein.

The NANOGrav team reportedly hopes their work allows researchers to locate and study the source of gravitational waves.