China plans gravitational wave project

Efforts will boost space research capacity

Chinese scientists are proposing a space gravitational wave detection project that could either be a part of the European Space Agency's eLISA project or a parallel project.

The announcement of the discovery of gravitational waves in the United States on Thursday by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory has encouraged scientists around the world, with China set to accelerate research. Gravitational waves are tiny ripples in the fabric of space-time caused by violent astronomical events.