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Gravitational waves discovery would open up new world of science Scientists across the world are giddy at the prospect that the final piece in the puzzle emerging from Einstein’s theory of general relativity will fall into place on Friday. Every single prediction from Einstein’s 1915 theory has been proven by direct experimental evidence – except one: the existence of gravitational waves. An illustration of gravitational waves produced by two orbiting black holes. An illustration of gravitational waves produced by two orbiting black holes. Photo: Henze/NASA/LIGO We could be just hours away from their confirmation. Advertisement Their discovery could open up a new branch of astronomy and help us in the search for a grand unified theory of matter. A joint press conference in Europe and the US at 2.30am AEST on Friday by scientists from the LIGO experiment in the US will issue “an update on these tiny ripples in the fabric of space-time”. All of Albert Einstein’s predictions have ...