We're holding space for defining gravity. 💚 We use a special type of beaming stars, pulsars, to create a galactic gravitational-wave detector with Murriyang, our Parkes radio telescope. The pulsar’s beams can be slightly disrupted by gravitational waves.
Meme of Ariane Grande and Cynthia Erivo holding hands in interview. Interviewer is saying, "I've seen people are turning off their phones at the Parkes Observatory and holding space for gravitational waves." Ariane replies, "That's...really powerful."

ALT Meme of Ariane Grande and Cynthia Erivo holding hands in interview. Interviewer is saying, "I've seen people are turning off their phones at the Parkes Observatory and holding space for gravitational waves." Ariane replies, "That's...really powerful."

Dec 10, 2024 · 9:45 AM UTC

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To detect these very faint signals, we need to hold space for them. We can all do this by turning off all mobile, WiFi and Bluetooth technology when approaching the observatory, so those signals are not detected by our telescope instead!
Meme image of Ariane Grande holding Cynthia Erivo's finger, as if to get her to do something. Text reads, "When your friend doesn't want to turn their phone off when visiting our Parkes Observatory."

ALT Meme image of Ariane Grande holding Cynthia Erivo's finger, as if to get her to do something. Text reads, "When your friend doesn't want to turn their phone off when visiting our Parkes Observatory."

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Our data helps us understand these ripples in space-time. Read more: csiro.au/en/news/All/News/20…

Australian astronomers find possible 'fingerprints' of gravitational waves

This is the strongest evidence yet for low-frequency gravitational waves, building on our understanding of the universe.

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