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Title: Gravitational Waves Detection Confirmed -- This is Huge!! Post by: Amitabh S on February 11, 2016, 05:40:39 PM Quote Science Feb 11 2016, 11:59 am ET Gravitational Waves: Ripples in Space-Time Detected For First Time by Maggie Fox Excited scientists announced Thursday they have detected gravitational waves — distortions in space-time — from the collision of two black holes 1.3 billion years ago. It's a discovery that was widely predicted but never actually proven, and it confirms many of Albert Einstein's theories about the universe. Image: LIGO Optics Wave Detector A Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) optics technician inspecting one of LIGO's core optics (mirrors) by illuminating its surface with light at a glancing angle, prior to sealing up the chamber and pumping the vacuum system down. MIT/LIGO LABCaltech / AFP - Getty Images "Ladies and gentlemen, we have detected gravitational waves," David Reitze, executive director of Caltech's twin Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) laboratory, said at a news conference in Washington, D.C. "We did it!" Reitze said to an unusual standing ovation. http://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/gravitational-waves-ripples-space-time-detected-first-time-n516566 Title: Re: Gravitational Waves Detection Confirmed -- This is Huge!! Post by: Robin,Hood on February 11, 2016, 07:46:03 PM yep, carnival season in full swing, gotta luv the jokers
Title: Re: Gravitational Waves Detection Confirmed -- This is Huge!! Post by: Spoetnik on February 12, 2016, 07:06:41 AM Cool but i thought some other team said they already proved it with another detector ?
Title: Re: Gravitational Waves Detection Confirmed -- This is Huge!! Post by: Gleb Gamow on February 12, 2016, 11:57:01 PM http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/10800000/Eve-Plumb-Jan-Brady-fabulous-female-celebs-of-the-past-10818910-720-540.jpg
"Einstein, Einstein, Einstein! I'm doin' the wave. Say bye to the hand." Title: Re: Gravitational Waves Detection Confirmed -- This is Huge!! Post by: DropsOfJupiter on February 13, 2016, 08:56:39 AM Cool but i thought some other team said they already proved it with another detector ? No, this is a first in history. There are only two LIGO detectors today (one each in Louisiana and Washington). A third one was supposed to be built in India to assist in triangulation, but funding problems delayed the project.Title: Re: Gravitational Waves Detection Confirmed -- This is Huge!! Post by: Mark Frappeles on February 13, 2016, 09:50:18 AM Any independent confirmation?
The cold fusion thing made me cautious when revolutionary things are discovered Title: Re: Gravitational Waves Detection Confirmed -- This is Huge!! Post by: nihilnegativum on February 13, 2016, 02:09:39 PM Any independent confirmation? This is nothing revolutionary, its been at the heart of our physics models a long time, it was just an empirical conformation, one very hard to achieve.The cold fusion thing made me cautious when revolutionary things are discovered |
