Communicating with Gravitational Waves
Updated: 2025-01-29 21:00:48
Skip to content Universe Today Space and astronomy news Menu Videos Newsletter Podcast Contact Us Support Us Log in This illustration shows the merger of two supermassive black holes and the gravitational waves that ripple outward as the black holes spiral toward each other . Image Credit : LIGO T . Pyle Posted on January 29, 2025 January 29, 2025 by Evan Gough Communicating with Gravitational Waves When astronomers detected the first long-predicted gravitational waves in 2015 it opened a whole new window into the Universe . Before that , astronomy depended on observations of light in all its wavelengths . We also use light to communicate , mostly radio waves . Could we use gravitational waves to communicate The idea is intriguing , though beyond our capabilities right now . Still ,