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A Japanese team of scientists are attempting to detect so-called gravitational waves, space-time ripples first theorised by Albert Einstein 100 years ago.

25 MAR 2016 - 8:42 PM UPDATED 25 MAR 2016 - 8:42 PM

Japanese scientists have begun a test run of underground telescope KAGRA to detect gravitational waves and gain a better understanding of the universe through their observations, Japan's Kyodo agency reports.

The test run, which began on Friday and will continue until Thursday, comes a month after a US-led team of scientists said they had identified the gravitational waves, theorised 100 years ago by Albert Einstein.

The KAGRA telescope is installed inside an L-shaped tunnel with each arm extending 3km and located more than 200m underground at the Kamioka mine site in the central Gifu prefecture to minimise seismic noise.

 

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