Posted on 01/15/2020 3:52:50 PM PST by BenLurkin
Earth's gravitational wave observatories -- which hunt for ripples in the fabric of space-time -- just picked up something weird. The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and Virgo detectors recorded an unknown or unanticipated "burst" of gravitational waves on Jan. 14.
The gravitational waves we've detected so far usually relate to extreme cosmic events, like two black holes colliding or neutron stars finally merging after being caught in a death spiral. Burst gravitational waves have not been detected before and scientists hypothesize they may be linked to phenomena such as supernova or gamma ray bursts, producing a tiny "pop" when detected by the observatories.
This unanticipated burst has been dubbed, for now, S200114f, and was detected by the software that helped confirm the first detection of gravitational waves.
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I hate it when that happens.
Well, aren’t you just the life of the party.
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
To save the population of planet Earth we have to agree to fire him into the stellar object heading our way. We have no choice. His body fat will create an impact that will split the object into pieces.
Gravity waves travel the speed of light according to Einstein. Any light event should follow the same speed, or in the case of a supernova there is about a 2 hour delay. Nothing more.
This may be associated with the delivery of the House impeachment articles to the Senate and the resulting collapse of the Democratic party’s 2020 election prospects.
it could be aliens.
Betelgeuse letting go?
Flaming globes of Sigmund?
It’s the SDF-1!!!
I KNEW my beer was a little flat last night.
I hope they fix it.
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That was me falling off the couch. Sorry.
My guess is that Betelgeuse just exploded.
Betelgeuse supernova?
Swallwell?
Well, if it's 'unknown', how can it be reported???
Gravitational waves from an unknown source would likely be a news story tho...
I think you might be onto something.
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