The conception of the universe has always been an interesting topic to me. Just as historians discover clues of the past, scientists seek similar marks in identifying events that hold clue to the past, present and future. The universe is conceptualised as an infinite span of exploration and every new clue yields a new wave of discovery to tell us about the world, the suns, stars, and everything else in the universe. One of the earliest events referred to in research is the Big Bang. Where it all began and rapidly spread into its state today. Scientists have now realised a new method to filter and identify the earliest gravitational waves, giving insight to the earliest state of our universe.
The gravitational waves of the very start were created billions of years ago and scientists are still able to identify them as they ripple through the universe. Gravitational waves are not limited to the conception of the universe either by the way. Destruction, creation and much more are constantly going on in our universe and despite its size, it can get noisy and difficult to discern waves from each other. Yet with technology and science reaching new heights, we are now able to filter and pinpoint the earliest gravitational waves, giving clue to the state of the universe and its conception. Sensitivity and tuning is key to discovering the earliest waves and researchers will in turn deduce certain processes that occurred at the earliest state of the universe.
Nowadays technology and sound, with respect to wave analysis has come a long way. We are now able to use a number of techniques to strip musical recordings into modular pieces and a similar concept will be applied to gravitational waves. Stripping out noise or otherwise what is louder and recent to gain access to the backing track that will tell much about the passages of time. Yet in the present age, things seem to tend much more towards computational simulations and this is how researchers have been able to characterise certain waves and pick up on distinct activity. It’s fascinating that complex models are giving insight to much more in the great universe and as computing and science progress, we will discover much more.
Sources
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201209170635.htm