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Interview: Sanjeev Dhurandhar, a Doyen of Gravitational Wave Physics in India

Scharada Dubey 08/08/2016

Sanjeev Dhurandhar is one of the giants of gravitational...

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LIGO Detects Second Black Hole Merger, Sets Gravitational Wave Astronomy on Its Way

Vasudevan Mukunth 15/06/2016

The Indian members of the scientific collaboration were instrumental...

Numerical simulation of two merging black holes performed by the Albert Einstein Institute in Germany: what this rendition shows through colors is the degree of perturbation of the spacetime fabric, the so-called gravitational waves. Caption & credit: nasablueshirt/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Thirty-Seven Indians Among LIGO Scientists to Win Special Breakthrough Prize

The Wire Staff 05/05/2016

On the back of the Indian scientists' commitment, an...

Locations of existing gravitational-wave detectors, and how far out a LIGO in India would be. Source: LIGO

Cabinet Grants Approval for Indian Gravitational Wave Observatory

The Wire Staff 17/02/2016

The project, estimated at costing over Rs. 1,000 crore,...