The Einstein@Home Project Einstein revolutionized our
understanding of the universe and set the course for physics
research in the twentieth century. Now, 50 years after his death
and 100 years after his Special Theory of Relativity was
published, we have the chance to confirm one of Einstein’s most
important predictions. But we need your help – read on to find
out why you should get involved. Einstein suggested that we live
in a universe full of gravitational waves. He proposed that
exploding stars, colliding black holes and other violent events
create waves that alter space and time. We have not detected
these waves yet because it requires tools sensitive enough to
measure very small effects. It’s like trying to detect a change
in the distance from the earth to the sun equal to the width of
an atom. Technology has caught up with Einstein’s prediction. We
now have detectors sensitive enough to see these waves. Two of
them, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory
(LIGO) in the United States an