# @worldscifest on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B7BlzHAlInm
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2460368-worldscifest-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/7f739c2b94.jpg
- **Posted:** 2020-01-07T16:18:04.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** WorldScienceFestival (@WorldSciFest) — https://gondola.cc/WorldSciFest

## Caption

In 1916, Albert #Einstein predicted the existence of #GravitationalWaves in his General Theory of Relativity, but he doubted they could be detected. Now, for the second time ever, #LIGO has observed these waves following the collision of two neutron stars.
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Photo: Artist's rendition of two colliding neutron stars. Credit: National Science Foundation/LIGO/Sonoma State University/A. Simonnet
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#Space #Spacetime

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## Tags

gravitationalwaves, space, spacetime, einstein, ligo

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