The epoch-making discovery was made by members of the international LIGO collaboration, uniting more than a thousand scientists from fifteen countries. This project was proposed in the 1980s by Kip Thorne, Ronald Drever and Rainer Weiss. The discovery of gravitational waves occurred almost exactly a hundred years after the publication of Albert Einstein's paper, which predicted their existence.

On February 11, 2016, at press conferences in the USA and Europe, the largest scientific achievement was simultaneously announced-the first direct registration of gravitational waves. The epoch -making opening was made by members of the Ligo International Collaboration, uniting more than a thousand scientists from fifteen countries.

Rice. 1. Two signals from two installations. Picture from the presentation The LIGO collaboration ( Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observator ) announced the first direct registration of [1] gravitational waves, a hundred years ago predicted by Albert Einstein. The opening became known during the broadcast of the press conference. Registered gravitational waves are emitted by two merging black holes (a total mass of about 60 suns) 1.3 billion years ago. About a month took to check.