Residents invited to tunnel for housing huge telescope

Residents invited to tunnel for housing huge telescope

GIFU, Japan - Invited residents in Hida, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, walk about 1.5 kilometers along a 6-kilometer L-shaped tunnel intended to house the large-scale cryogenic gravitational wave telescope "KAGRA" some 200 meters below the surface of the Kamioka mining area near the Super-Kamiokande neutrino observatory on Oct. 26, 2014.

Citizens see tunnel for housing huge telescope

Citizens see tunnel for housing huge telescope

GIFU, Japan - Invited residents in Hida, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, observe a tunnel below the Kamioka mining area intended to house the large-scale cryogenic gravitational wave telescope "KAGRA" on Oct. 26, 2014.

Japan starts test run of gravity wave detector

Japan starts test run of gravity wave detector

Photo taken in November 2015 shows a part of "Kagra," a giant underground telescope, installed in Hida, Gifu Prefecture. Japan started a test run of the equipment on March 25, 2016 aiming to detect so-called "gravitational waves" and gain a better understanding of the universe by observing the ripples in space-time from colliding black holes and supernova explosions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan starts test run of gravity wave detector

Japan starts test run of gravity wave detector

The control room for the Kagra underground telescope is shown to the media in Hida, Gifu Prefecture on March 25, 2016. Japan started a test run of the equipment aiming to detect so-called "gravitational waves" and gain a better understanding of the universe by observing the ripples in space-time from colliding black holes and supernova explosions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan starts test run of gravity wave detector

Japan starts test run of gravity wave detector

The control room for the Kagra underground telescope is shown to the media in Hida, Gifu Prefecture on March 25, 2016. Japan started a test run of the equipment aiming to detect so-called "gravitational waves" and gain a better understanding of the universe by observing the ripples in space-time from colliding black holes and supernova explosions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan starts test run of gravity wave detector

Japan starts test run of gravity wave detector

Photo taken in November 2015 shows a part of "Kagra," a giant underground telescope, installed in Hida, Gifu Prefecture. Japan started a test run of the equipment on March 25, 2016 aiming to detect so-called "gravitational waves" and gain a better understanding of the universe by observing the ripples in space-time from colliding black holes and supernova explosions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Scientists report detection of gravity waves theorized by Einstein

Scientists report detection of gravity waves theorized by Einstein

File photo taken in November 2015 shows a part of "KAGRA," a gravitational wave detector, installed in Hida in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu. KAGRA research team members celebrated in Osaka on Feb. 12, 2016 the detection by an international team of scientists of gravitational waves, ripples in space-time predicted 100 years ago by Albert Einstein in a physics theory, from colliding black holes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Scientists report detection of gravity waves theorized by Einstein

Scientists report detection of gravity waves theorized by Einstein

Members of the research team on "KAGRA," a gravitational wave detector, watch a screen at Osaka City University in the early hours of Feb. 12, 2016, broadcasting an announcement by an international team of scientists on its detection of gravitational waves, ripples in space-time predicted 100 years ago by Albert Einstein in a physics theory, from colliding black holes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Scientists report detection of gravity waves theorized by Einstein

Scientists report detection of gravity waves theorized by Einstein

File photo taken in November 2015 shows a part of "KAGRA," a gravitational wave detector, installed in Hida in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu. KAGRA research team members celebrated in Osaka on Feb. 12, 2016 the detection by an international team of scientists of gravitational waves, ripples in space-time predicted 100 years ago by Albert Einstein in a physics theory, from colliding black holes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Gravitational wave detector revealed to media

Gravitational wave detector revealed to media

Photo taken in the central Japan city of Hida shows a large-scale gravitational wave detector, KAGRA, revealed to the media on Nov. 6, 2015. Under the KAGRA project, led by the University of Tokyo professor Takaaki Kajita, winner of the Nobel Physics Prize, researchers aim to determine the structure and evolution of the cosmos by using the telescope. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Gravitational wave detector revealed to media

Gravitational wave detector revealed to media

Photo taken in the central Japan city of Hida shows a large-scale gravitational wave detector, KAGRA, revealed to the media on Nov. 6, 2015. Under the KAGRA project, led by the University of Tokyo professor Takaaki Kajita, winner of the Nobel Physics Prize, researchers aim to determine the structure and evolution of the cosmos by using the telescope. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nobel laureate Kajita seeks to confirm Einstein's prediction

Nobel laureate Kajita seeks to confirm Einstein's prediction

A tunnel in the central Japanese city of Hida, Gifu Prefecture, where the KAGRA cryogenic gravitational wave telescope will be housed, is shown to local citizens in October 2014. Institute for Cosmic Ray Research Director Takaaki Kajita, co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2015, is expected to work on the detection of gravitational waves in space to confirm Albert Einstein's prediction. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo