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51ÁÔÆæ physics students, faculty and guests gathered Thursday at the Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Complex to watch a livestream announcing a breakthrough discovery<\/a> in part by 51ÁÔÆæ scientists.<\/p>\n

The discovery, which made national news, was compelling evidence that a signal has been found for low-frequency gravitational waves that collectively generate a \u201cbackground hum\u201d across the universe. The discovery was made by a collaboration of scientists in the U.S. and Canada called the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves. 51ÁÔÆæ has been a member of NANOGrav since its inception in 2007.<\/p>\n

This is the second time that 51ÁÔÆæ has had a role in the breakthrough science of gravitational waves.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a pretty big deal,\u201d said Gabriella Agazie, who is part of 51ÁÔÆæ’s research team. \u201cIt will eventually tell us a lot of cool stuff about the universe that we don\u2019t yet know.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

51ÁÔÆæ physics students, faculty and guests gathered Thursday at the Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Complex to watch a livestream announcing a breakthrough discovery in part by 51ÁÔÆæ scientists. The discovery, which made national news, was compelling evidence that a signal has been found for low-frequency gravitational waves that collectively generate a \u201cbackground hum\u201d across the universe. 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