
Poster about the history and future of gravitatoinal wave astronomy.
Researchers found evidence for the cosmic inflation. After independent confirmation, this would be the very first time that gravitational waves extend our knowledge about the otherwise invisible Universe.
If confirmed by other experiments, evidence in BICEP2 data for imprints of gravitational waves in the cosmic microwave background mark a first step towards gravitational wave astronomy where we observe the effects of gravitational waves on matter and radiation. Almost 100 years after their theoretical prediction, it would be the very first time that gravitational waves extend our knowledge about the otherwise invisible Universe.

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