Lady Florida. Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 (edited) I always find scientific discoveries interesting, but this one is big. Really Big! Einstein got it right. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/02/11/466286219/in-milestone-scientists-detect-waves-in-space-time-as-black-holes-collide Edited February 11, 2016 by Lady Florida 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 DS is so excited. He loves black holes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Heard this on NPR this morning. So cool! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandra Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Amazing! From those of us who rely on WTM for science news, thanks for posting, lol! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking Squirrels Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 I listened in on the press conference earlier, pretty exciting! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica_in_Switzerland Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Ok, I'm just going on record as being the first person that I know of to draw this parallel... in case someday it becomes a big "thing", we should all know I thought of it first!!! About 130 years ago, an almost identical experiment was run in Germany and then in the US, trying to prove/disprove the hypothesis of the universal ether. This was the Michelson-Morley experiment. The experiment failed to find a time difference in the two beams' arrival times, and so concluded that the universal ether hypothesis was most likely false. Had Michelson and Morley had access to this 1.1 billion dollar set-up, they might have concluded that there was evidence for the universal ether, and physics may have developed quite differently for a while or even until present day. Weird! Science is funny. Caveat- I do have a degree in physics, but that doesn't mean I remember much of it. :-) So correct me if I'm wrong. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne in CA Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted February 11, 2016 Author Share Posted February 11, 2016 Ok, I'm just going on record as being the first person that I know of to draw this parallel... in case someday it becomes a big "thing", we should all know I thought of it first!!! About 130 years ago, an almost identical experiment was run in Germany and then in the US, trying to prove/disprove the hypothesis of the universal ether. This was the Michelson-Morley experiment. The experiment failed to find a time difference in the two beams' arrival times, and so concluded that the universal ether hypothesis was most likely false. Had Michelson and Morley had access to this 1.1 billion dollar set-up, they might have concluded that there was evidence for the universal ether, and physics may have developed quite differently for a while or even until present day. Weird! Science is funny. Caveat- I do have a degree in physics, but that doesn't mean I remember much of it. :-) So correct me if I'm wrong. Oh cool! I not only don't have a degree in physics, I never even took a class (it wasn't required for my degree), so I'm certainly not going to correct you. Without looking it up, I suspect Einstein knew about them? Most famous scientists have stood on the shoulders of those who came before them, and as brilliant as he was he's still no exception. Science is funny. And weird. And amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Contribution from my physics loving college guy, after I shared your link with him: https://xkcd.com/# 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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