Second Gravitational Wave Discovered!
Scientists at LIGO have detected gravitational waves for the second time ever.
This is exciting news as it signals that the first detection wasn’t merely a fluke but that we are in fact on the right track to interacting with such phenomena regularly.
What is a gravitational wave? It’s a literal “jiggle” in spacetime caused by a dramatic event like the collision of two large black holes.
Reference:
https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/
Source:
http://news.mit.edu/2016/second-time-ligo-detects-gravitational-waves-0615
#physics #LIGO #gravitationalwaves #space #science
The implications being that we might be able to distort, control in some way the waves and therefore change the parameters of how gravity effects us?
ReplyDeleteOutside of just 'Yay we understand reality better'
ReplyDeleteit might have some implications with warping space for an https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive
And this is not ressonance?
ReplyDeleteVery exciting times ahead!
ReplyDeleteG. Thomas Edwards that's an interesting idea.
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