Italy is proposing to build one of the world's most modern telescopes in an unused mineral mine. Officials hope that the uncommon stillness of the place in Sardinia will win European Union approval and financing. The Sos Enathos lead and zinc mine extends 300 meters underground. The Italian government chose the mine as its candidate place for the Einstein Telescope (ET). The EU-financed project aims to explore space by observing gravitational waves. Gravitational waves are the ripples in space and time that physicist Albert Einstein predicted in his general theory of relativity. Collisions of super massive things like black holes are believed to cause the waves. Researchers expect the telescope to capture the waves. They hope it will observe a part of the universe that is much larger than the part scientists now study with currently used tools.
Title: Former Italian Mining Area Hopes to Be a Theoretical Science Center
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5878/T9.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Former Italian Mining Area Hopes to Be a Theoretical Science Center' data-article-id='6484'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10667'>Italy is proposing to build one of the world's most modern telescopes in an unused mineral mine.</span> <span data-start-time='10667' data-end-time='22542'>Officials hope that the uncommon stillness of the place in Sardinia will win European Union approval and financing.</span> <span data-start-time='22542' data-end-time='30021'>The Sos Enathos lead and zinc mine extends 300 meters underground. </span> <span data-start-time='30021' data-end-time='40375'>The Italian government chose the mine as its candidate place for the Einstein Telescope (ET).</span> <span data-start-time='40375' data-end-time='48854'>The EU-financed project aims to explore space by observing gravitational waves.</span> <span data-start-time='48854' data-end-time='61354'>Gravitational waves are the ripples in space and time that physicist Albert Einstein predicted in his general theory of relativity. </span> <span data-start-time='61354' data-end-time='68979'>Collisions of super massive things like black holes are believed to cause the waves.</span> <span data-start-time='68979' data-end-time='74000'>Researchers expect the telescope to capture the waves. </span> <span data-start-time='74000' data-end-time='85833'>They hope it will observe a part of the universe that is much larger than the part scientists now study with currently used tools.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5878/T9.jpeg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=19489 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5878/italy_is_proposing_to_build_one_of_the_worlds_most_modern_telescopes_in_an_unused_mineral__blank_.wav'>Italy is 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5878/what_is_the_main_goal_of_the_proposed_einstein_telescope_et_project_mentioned_in_the_article.wav'>What is the main goal of the proposed Einstein Telescope (ET) project mentioned in the article?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice=' To observe and study gravitational waves in space'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5878/to_convert_unused_mineral_mines_into_modern_telescopes.wav'><span>To convert unused mineral mines into modern telescopes</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5878/to_explore_the_european_unions_approval_process_for_scientific_projects.wav'><span>To explore the European Union's approval process for scientific projects</span></div><div class='choice' 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