India’s LIGO on course to catch ripples in space-time – The Times of India

Out on a remote tract of land in Hingoli district of Maharashtra, well away from busy towns and cities, work is on to set up one of the most sensitive detectors on the planet.India’s Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is expected to be unveiled by 2030 — the third after the two in the US….

Stephen Hawking’s black hole prediction finally comes true – why it’s a breakthrough for science | – The Times of India

Stephen Hawking, one of the most famous physicists in history, made a bold prediction in 1971 that the surface of a black hole, called its event horizon, can never shrink. For decades, this remained a theory without direct proof. Now, scientists using the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO, have captured an event that confirms…