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| Started by | Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> |
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| First post | 2016-02-11 09:46 -0600 |
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In Milestone, Scientists Detect Waves In Space-Time As Black Holes Collide Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-02-11 09:46 -0600
Re: In Milestone, Scientists Detect Waves In Space-Time As Black Holes Collide jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-02-11 18:57 +0000
| From | Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2016-02-11 09:46 -0600 |
| Subject | In Milestone, Scientists Detect Waves In Space-Time As Black Holes Collide |
| Message-ID | <042dnVJPd6lyMSHLnZ2dnUU7-NkAAAAA@giganews.com> |
In Milestone, Scientists Detect Waves In Space-Time As Black Holes Collide > http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/02/11/466286219/in-milestone-scientists-detect-waves-in-space-time-as-black-holes-collide > According to a paper published in the journal Physical Review > Letters, the two black holes were each roughly 30 times the mass of > the sun. They merged some 1.3 billion light years from the Earth. The > waves were generated in the final moments before the black holes > merged. The signal was brief but definitive. > > The measurements are dramatic proof that gravitational waves exist. > The signal in the detector matches well with what's predicted by > Einstein's original theory, according to Teukolsky, who was briefed > on the results. It matches predictions of the ripples produced by two > large black holes, in the final moments before they merge, swirling > together at an enormous speed. > -- sci.physics is an unmoderated newsgroup dedicated to the discussion of physics, news from the physics community, and physics-related social issues.
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| From | jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com |
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| Date | 2016-02-11 18:57 +0000 |
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Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote: > In Milestone, Scientists Detect Waves In Space-Time As Black Holes Collide How many more times are you going to cut and paste the same information? -- Jim Pennino
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