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LIGO & Virgo have detected Four new black hole mergers

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LIGO & Virgo have detected Four new black hole mergers

Tue Dec 04, 2018 1:36 pm

This LIGO / Virgo video of black hole mergers is pretty cool to watch. There is a write up over at ArsTechnica physicists-detected-gravitational-waves-from-four-new-black-hole-mergers.
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Re: LIGO & Virgo have detected Four new black hole mergers

Tue Dec 04, 2018 2:15 pm

Clearly gravity (and therefore acceleration) drags on space-time or these black holes would not be merging.
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Re: LIGO & Virgo have detected Four new black hole mergers

Tue Dec 04, 2018 2:24 pm

Did those black holes get proper regulatory approval before they merged?

The SEC doesn't care about physics.
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Re: LIGO & Virgo have detected Four new black hole mergers

Tue Dec 04, 2018 3:11 pm

everytime i see LIGO/VIRGO it reminds me of the bad dude in Ghostbuster 2..
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