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Gravitational wave rumors ripple through science world
spacedaily.com ^ | 01/12/2016

Posted on 01/12/2016 9:00:15 PM PST by BenLurkin

There has been no announcement, no peer review or publication of the findings - all typically important steps in the process of releasing reliable and verifiable scientific research.

Instead, a message on Twitter from an Arizona State University cosmologist, Lawrence Krauss, has sparked a firestorm of speculation and excitement.

Krauss does not work with the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory, or LIGO, which is searching for ripples in the fabric of space and time.

But he tweeted on Monday about the apparent shoring up of rumor he'd heard some months ago, that LIGO scientists were writing up a paper on gravitational waves they had discovered using US-based detectors.

"My earlier rumor about LIGO has been confirmed by independent sources. Stay tuned! Gravitational waves may have been discovered!! Exciting," Krauss tweeted.

His message has since between retweeted 1,800 times.

(Excerpt) Read more at spacedaily.com ...


TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: anotherfalsealarm; falsealarm; generalrelativity; gravityprobeb; ligo; relativity; specialrelativity; stringtheory
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To: paintriot

Yes, there are secret life science compartments along those mile-long vacuum tunnels.


41 posted on 01/12/2016 10:32:02 PM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O�Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: BenLurkin

Rat tail in the cave.


42 posted on 01/12/2016 10:36:49 PM PST by Stentor
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To: WhiskeyX
The journal NATURE reported that subsequent verification experiments kept lowering the confidence levels of the original finding in the peer reviewed publication's results to the point were it is considered erroneous.

Now where did I hear that before? Oh, yeah. Post #23.

43 posted on 01/12/2016 10:43:57 PM PST by ETL (Ted Cruz 2016!! -- For a better, safer America)
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To: BenLurkin

Very interesting with regards to other recent physics discoveries.


44 posted on 01/12/2016 10:50:51 PM PST by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in "Idiocracy," example of today's politico.)
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To: Steely Tom
Is there a problem with the Earth's gravitational pull?

Yes. The first indication was when Guam tipped over...

45 posted on 01/12/2016 10:53:07 PM PST by kiryandil ("When Muslims in the White House are outlawed, only Barack Obama will be an outlaw")
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To: ASOC

Mark for later research of book series. Who’s the author?


46 posted on 01/12/2016 10:55:22 PM PST by Redcitizen
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To: ETL

Didn’t see it or many of the other posts till you mentioned yours.

One of many that have been keeping interest in the subject alive:

http://phys.org/tags/gravitational%20waves/


47 posted on 01/12/2016 11:01:58 PM PST by WhiskeyX
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To: Steely Tom

That’s heavy


48 posted on 01/12/2016 11:52:55 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: UCANSEE2

It is impossible to control something if you cannot detect or measure it.

Once they can detect and/or measure gravity waves, then they can be explored further for control.

The identification of actual gravity waves would be a major step in physics.


49 posted on 01/13/2016 12:43:13 AM PST by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: kiryandil
Yes. The first indication was when Guam tipped over...

One of the funniest youtube videos in existence. The greatest point was when the congressman asked the question, all the aides behind the Admiral popped their heads up in complete disbelief. But the Admiral soldiered on in a manner worthy of his rank. Complete self control and a fine answer to an idiotic question.
50 posted on 01/13/2016 12:49:00 AM PST by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: Steely Tom
Is there a problem with the Earth’s gravitational pull?

Obama has just written an executive order nullifying the Law of Gravity. Next week, he will write one making Pi equal to 3, and define all circles to be squared, and globes to be cubes. After all he has a phone and a pen, he can do anything.

51 posted on 01/13/2016 1:43:47 AM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue....)
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To: 21twelve
I knew a guy that was an expert in the design and manufacture and use of gravity meters.


Gravity Meters in use every day!

52 posted on 01/13/2016 1:47:56 AM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue....)
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To: wbarmy

It would nicely explain how some days, time seems to fly right by, while other days, it seems to linger,...just riding the gravity wave.


53 posted on 01/13/2016 1:51:17 AM PST by Cvengr ( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
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To: Swordmaker

LOL! I was telling some guy I met about the use of gravity measurements. He pulled a pen out of his pocket and dropped it. “Like that?”


54 posted on 01/13/2016 2:08:45 AM PST by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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To: WhiskeyX
Didn't see it...till you mentioned...

I believe it. The phrasing just sounded so similar. But that's probably because the Wiki source I excerpted probably got it from the same Nature magazine piece you referenced.

55 posted on 01/13/2016 3:27:38 AM PST by ETL (Ted Cruz 2016!! -- For a better, safer America)
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To: ASOC

Actually not - it is them speeding up trying to flee the neighborhood - this galaxy. They learned long ago that behind the dust our galactic core - in the distant past - swallowed or created another black hole which is now approaching the one at the center. When the two touch, the big one will swallow the little one and explode in a burst of radiation which will sterilize the galaxy.

Smart money is leaving for Andromeda, while others are going for the long haul to the Virgo galactic cluster. The waves being detected are from their pulsed gravity drives gaining traction in higher dimensions.

Unfortunately, none of them are able to stop and rescue us (as much as the bleeding heats among them want to) as there just isn’t enough time to both rescue and escape.

The wave front will arrive at this solar system in a decade or two ...


56 posted on 01/13/2016 3:29:57 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: ETL

Have you seen anymore about that CRB and galactic dust problem? I haven’t been paying much attention lately to see if they could revive the experiment.


57 posted on 01/13/2016 3:51:57 AM PST by WhiskeyX
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To: WhiskeyX

CRB and galactic dust problem?


58 posted on 01/13/2016 4:00:56 AM PST by ETL (Ted Cruz 2016!! -- For a better, safer America)
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To: El Cid

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59 posted on 01/13/2016 4:05:38 AM PST by WMarshal (Who in the Republican Party will be brave enough to name Obama a traitor?)
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To: ETL

Bicep2 was going to receive some help to see if they could deal with the confounding factor of the IR reddening shift due to galactic dust when calculating to detect gravitational waves.


60 posted on 01/13/2016 4:08:48 AM PST by WhiskeyX
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