An underground observatory that could detect gravitational waves from the far reaches of the universe is one step closer to reality, thanks to a bid from the Dutch government.
An underground observatory that could detect gravitational waves from the far reaches of the universe is one step closer to reality. Last week, the Dutch government said it was prepared to foot about €900 million of the project’s roughly €1.9 billion construction cost if it is built near the border of the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium.
Last year, the European Union added the Einstein Telescope to an official wish list of major scientific facilities known as the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures, and official project bids are due within the next 2 to 3 years. Bentvelsen says the Dutch site—somewhere between the cities of Maastricht, Liège, and Aachen—has a layer of soft soil above the bedrock.
The Dutch bid has an Italian rival that would put the Einstein Telescope close to a former zinc mine near the town of Lula in Sardinia. It is one of the 30 most seismically quiet sites in the world, says Michele Punturo of Italy’s National Institute of Nuclear Physics, who co-leads the overall Einstein Telescope collaboration and is the scientific coordinator of the Sardinian proposal.
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