gravitational radiation
noun
: a series of gravitational waves
also
: the generation of such waves (as by a celestial object)
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This gravitational radiation carries angular momentum away from the binary system, causing the neutron stars to draw together.
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 12 Feb. 2025
Much like starlight, gravitational waves are typically emitted in all directions, with gravitational radiation streaming outward in a spherical fashion from the source.
—Big Think, 21 June 2024
Experimentalists could not go straight from Einstein’s original predictions about gravitational radiation to building an apparatus capable of detecting a passing wave.
—Steve Nadis, Discover Magazine, 20 Apr. 2023
Merging black holes, spiraling white dwarfs, and spinning neutron stars all emit gravitational radiation.
—Korey Haynes, Discover Magazine, 11 Feb. 2016
Damour and his fellow researchers helped develop a theory describing the orbital motion and gravitational radiation as a result of two merging black holes, which played an important role in the direct detection of gravitational waves in 2016.
—Dhananjay Khadilkar, Ars Technica, 18 July 2022
In the last few years, however, gravitational wave astronomy has made great strides in detecting gravitational radiation rippling through spacetime at the speed of light.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
Einstein first predicted that any accelerating mass should emit gravitational radiation in the form of waves.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
This is also the speed that any form of pure radiation, such as gravitational radiation, must travel at, and also the speed, under the laws of relativity, that any massless particle must travel at.
—Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 12 May 2021
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 12 Feb. 2025
Much like starlight, gravitational waves are typically emitted in all directions, with gravitational radiation streaming outward in a spherical fashion from the source.
—Big Think, 21 June 2024
Experimentalists could not go straight from Einstein’s original predictions about gravitational radiation to building an apparatus capable of detecting a passing wave.
—Steve Nadis, Discover Magazine, 20 Apr. 2023
Merging black holes, spiraling white dwarfs, and spinning neutron stars all emit gravitational radiation.
—Korey Haynes, Discover Magazine, 11 Feb. 2016
Damour and his fellow researchers helped develop a theory describing the orbital motion and gravitational radiation as a result of two merging black holes, which played an important role in the direct detection of gravitational waves in 2016.
—Dhananjay Khadilkar, Ars Technica, 18 July 2022
In the last few years, however, gravitational wave astronomy has made great strides in detecting gravitational radiation rippling through spacetime at the speed of light.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
Einstein first predicted that any accelerating mass should emit gravitational radiation in the form of waves.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
This is also the speed that any form of pure radiation, such as gravitational radiation, must travel at, and also the speed, under the laws of relativity, that any massless particle must travel at.
—Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 12 May 2021
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