China built an attractive wave detector telescope at an altitude of 5000m

China began to build the world's tallest gravitational wave detector telescope in Tibet, 5,000 meters above sea level .

China has just begun to build the world's highest gravitational wave detector telescope in Ngari, Tibet, 30km south of Shiquanhe town. This telescope has a height of 5,000m above sea level. The budget for the project is estimated at US $ 18.8 million, Science World Report on January 16 reported.

China builds the world's highest gravitational wave detector telescope in Tibet.(Photo: Indian Defense News).

According to China Daily, the position of the telescope is one of the best places in the Northern Hemisphere to study primordial gravitational waves , because the dry climate and thin air in Tibet reduce the effect of moisture. The construction of the observatory is expected to be completed in 5 years.

In 1915, Albert Einstein was the first to predict gravitational waves in general relativity. Gravitational waves form by collisions of celestial bodies in the universe. It was first discovered by the Interfering Laser Wave Observatory (LIGO), USA, in September 2015. LIGO found traces of ripples created by the merger of two black holes 1.3 billion years ago.

The new telescope will be tasked with detecting primitive gravitational waves, which scientists believe formed from the Big Bang explosion 13.8 billion years ago and have never been discovered so far.

"What we are looking for is that the original gravitational wave has moved 13.8 billion years before coming to Earth, and if it exists, they are very weak," Wang Junjie, astrophysicist at Tanya Chinese national literature, said.