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gravitational wave detected

Post by Doum » Thu Feb 11, 2016 10:01 pm

http://www.space.com/31913-how-scientis ... -ligo.html


....The gravitational waves were generated by the merger of two medium-size black holes about 1.3 billion years ago, researchers said. These waves raced through space at the speed of light and encountered Earth, where they were picked up by LIGO's two huge detectors as a brief signal on Sept. 14, 2015 ...

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Re: gravitational wave detected

Post by bystander » Fri Feb 12, 2016 8:20 am

Know the quiet place within your heart and touch the rainbow of possibility; be
alive to the gentle breeze of communication, and please stop being such a jerk.
— Garrison Keillor

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