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Go science!
This is so cool! Here's the link http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/02/12/science/ligo-gravitational-waves-black-holes-einstein.html?_r=0&referer=https://www.google.com/
jaggedcow
Great, now we have two theories with incontrovertible evidence that are incompatible with one another :P
notanalien117
Yeah!!! SCIENCE BITCH!!!
demiandub
I don't get the science, but I just about understand why it's important and that it was a ridiculous amazing achievement to figure it out
torpthorkertoo
Gravity is weak. Is it even relevant unless we're working with things on a super massive scale?
MrAmerica
My school was actually a part of that!! Go cougs!! https://news.wsu.edu/2016/02/11/wsu-physicists-contribute-to-gravitational-waves-finding/
Baykurbawt
Was Einstein's theory good? Relatively.
Bulletsandbandages44
Wow. Mind=blown.
werdCAsquared
Does this mean we might soon figure out how to get that wormhole next to Saturn built?
AtricksyHobbitwithtaters
Is that why I couldn't get out of bed this morning?
redstoneage
I don't know much about gravity but this topic is PULLING me in
BrotherBaconSonOfLoin
New to science - how to crop images
simonripley
Funny that they built two ginormous ultra sensitive detectors even though Physicists thought the waves would never be measured on Earth.
torpthorkertoo
Lot of variables to consider, huh?
OhNoWeSuckAgain
Can someone eli5 this to me??
tardis63
Moving objects with mass create tiny waves in spacetime. We used really precise lasers to see spacetime shrink because of those waves.
Sionas
YES FOR ACTUAL SCIENCE!
TheDreaded1
Science!!!
HarkuwarOberoi
Thanks Einstein
torpthorkertoo
Nice.
RolandSon
Always upvote science!
LetsGetWaffles
Livingston, LA representing - WHOOP WHOOP!!! See, not all country living Louisianians are just drunk hicks. Some drunk hick are scientists.
LavaAxe
I'm sure the scientists came from somewhere else and just built their station there.
Sokonomi
OPs mom fell over.
Ocolura
Einstein was one smart fucker.
yayasisterhood
i agree. Amazing how he predicted something so long ago and we are only now able to prove it.
Torpol
Ya Mr White! Ya Science!!
TheOtherJeffreyLebowski
Ya bitch!
Torpol
Magnets!
Gingerone
Hate to tell you this but according to my mate the earth is flat and gravity doesn't exist.
DoctorChickenLicker
Yeah! If the earth is curved then why is my yard flat???? Explain that science!
Gingerone
Proof!!!!
thebjornsson
Gravitational waves are cool but here I am stoked about the fact that it's evidence of (potentially observation of) binary black hole system
davepermen
Why not both? I personally am stokef about the apparent cleanness of the signal. Guess we really got new eyes/ears to the universe this time
thebjornsson
Yeah, true. Also, weird how this "observation" is only possible by fitting signal with supercomputer simulation.
abstractreference
Anyone else try to click the play button?
thegraphiteknight
Yup. And now I feel dumb.
beerthoven
Way to go Einstein
TheMoonsaults
Only after you said this... :/
Officer25
Nope
NINJACOCK
Scrolled down to see if someone mentioned this
Mycracker
Sorry about that!
redstoneage
YEAH FUCK YOU OP! BURN THE HEATHEN
abstractreference
Lol no, I should know better.
falconmunch
Upvoting this because there is a lack of really cool non-imgur science science here.
OrangeFlavours
There's been several posts about this today rlly
allthenamesaregone
Except for the dozen or so "Gravity waves!" posts that have hit the front page today.
idrinkcheapbeer
yeah, this is totally the first time I've seen an announcement about gravitational waves here today.
marthabot
Sarcasm is strong in this one
TheToiletPaperThatRippedWhileYouWereWiping
But, that now makes it "imgur science"
KnightSolaire
I thought "imgur science" was porn?
wannabeblue
HEY NOW what is porn I only know of science.
GrizzlingtonBear
Science: Term used in a certain stupid circlejerk in order to attempt to not sound like a pervert when conversing about porn.
TheMonsterWithinYou
Imgur used to really only be full of stuff like this for the most part. Until all the horny 14 year olds invaded demanding porn instead
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TheMonsterWithinYou
You do realize that porn is still not allowed on imgur regardless of it being marked as mature. Right? Read the community rules.
OrangeFlavours
I know. Pornography isn't allowed, anyone demanding porn is a moron, I thought you just meant mature content in general.
TheMonsterWithinYou
No. I don't mind some mature content. However the porn can go
fadingtheory
The next step - Creating some sort of gun that can harness gravity waves to crush my enemies into singularities. For hunting, of course.
antinationalist
U r an american right? *sigh#
Mutious
I actually read a book that took place in the aftermath of a war fought with gravity weapons. Hilldiggers by Neal Asher. Neat read.
EggplantTatersauce
Thunder gun????
PoopholeAintALoophole
I like the cut of your jib.
Oneirohero
Bad idea, you don't want the remains of your exes being responsible for you and everyone's death within a ridiculous amount of miles...
ParadoxicalBoxCat
My exact thpughts
Glumerlink
screw that, folding space ftw
fadingtheory
Can I fold the space that my enemies happen to be standing in? For hunting?
acidqueef
Ah yeah. Spawning a singularity on own planet isn't risky at all
PETTdavids
Weren't there tiny black holes in CERN, during those collisions?
Untelo
A singularity with a mass of 80kg would evaporate instantly releasing energy equivalent to about 1.7 billion tons of TNT.
KungFury
but one the size of a nickle would destroy the solar system.
PETTdavids
good luck mashing 80kg's worth of material into a singularity though
Untelo
They have a gun that crushes their enemies into singularities using gravity waves, didn't ya hear?