A scientific breakthrough earlier this year finally confirmed one of Albert Einstein's predictions after 100 years and launched an entirely new branch of science. The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) observed gravitational waves in the collision of two black holes more than a billion light-years away.  This seminal achievement was thought impossible just a few years ago and represents an immediate and vast expansion of our knowledge of the universe. Tech Times: What Are Gravitational Waves? Ripples in space-time are created when an object accelerates just as a boat causes ripples in a pond. These ripples are known as gravitational waves. The concept was laid out by Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity, which states that mass distorts both space and time in the same manner that a heavy bowling bowl distorts a trampoline. "Gravitational waves are 'ripples' in the fabric of space-time caused by some of...(Read Full Post)