Cabrini announces AP and honors scholars

Twenty-eight AP and honors-level science  students attended a STEM (science, technology, engineering and mather)-based field trip and  participated in demonstrations at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Oberservatory in Livingston, Louisiana, and were allowed to interact with some of the exhibits facility in Livingston, Louisiana. In September of 2015, LIGO was credited with the discovery of gravitational waves.

This major scientific breakthrough is consistent with the predictions that Albert Einstein made in his 1915 theory of general relativity.  The gravity waves are “ripples” in the fabric of space-time that provide evidence of cataclysmic events in the galaxy (like the collision of two black holes) more than 1.3 billion years ago. The students and two science department members were able to experience hands-on, interactive experiments and demos that explain how waves interact.  As part of the facility tour, students were able to go into the laser control room and ask the scientists and engineers about the inner workings of the LIGO lab.