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.
Italy is proposing to build one of the world's most modern telescopes in an unused mineral mine.
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What is the main goal of the proposed Einstein Telescope (ET) project mentioned in the article?
To convert unused mineral mines into modern telescopes
To explore the European Union's approval process for scientific projects
To observe and study gravitational waves in space
To fund research on the general theory of relativity
Which of the following best defines the term "gravitational waves"?
ripples in space and time caused by the collision of super massive things
underground mineral deposits found in the Sos Enathos mine
European Union-approved financing for scientific research projects
uncommon stillness observed in the Sardinian region