Report: Gravitational Waves discovery named 2016 top Science Magazine Award

One of the world's top scientific magazines has awarded the discovery of gravitational waves its highest yearly honor to an experiment searching for ripples in the fabric of the universe.

According to SPACE, the scientific magazine has announced on December 22. The Breakthrough, of the 2016 Award conferred to the collaboration of scientists who have built and operate the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO). This is one of many awards.

Scientists are working at the LIGO in the US detected a burst of the ripples emitted by two colliding black holes 1.3 billion light years away. This observation has confirmed the existence of "gravitational waves".

The existence of gravitational waves was first predicted by Albert Einstein in 1915. But the confirmation announcement made in February on a century-old prediction by Einstein and was front-page news around the world.

The announcement of gravitational waves was discovered with the help of LIGO collaboration the first ever detection of these space-time ripples, which were created by two colliding black holes.

This new discovery is proved the idea of space and time are not separate, that first invented by Einstein in 1915 but rather create a single, universal fabric that everything in the cosmos moves through.

According to the scientists, the discovery is huge, and not just it answered the 100-year-old question. This discovery is huge because it provided a whole new branch of science.

According to VOX, the ability to detect gravitational waves gives astronomers' new source about cosmic phenomena. Gravitational waves can also provide totally new information about objects and that providing scientists with new insight into distant and energetic cosmic events.

Mapping the sky with microwave telescope, scientists might even spot, indirectly traces longest and oldest gravitational waves, which rippled through the infant universe and now span the cosmos.

However, the discovery of gravitational waves has changed the scientific landscape. A new science beckons.