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An 'unknown' burst of gravitational waves just lit up Earth's detectors
CNET ^ | 01/14/2020 | Jackson Ryan

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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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; betelgeuse; burkhardheim; burst; catastrophism; eqft; gammaraybursts; gravitational; gravitationalwaves; gravitophoton; heimtheory; neutronstars; quantumfieldtheory; quantumgravity; s200114f; science; stringtheory; supernova; thomasvanflandern; waves
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To: UCANSEE2

“Maybe Betelgeuse really did go Supernova.”

Maybe, but I can tell you that the Hanford LIGO parking lot looks just like any other Friday (but with a couple inches of snow).


121 posted on 01/17/2020 12:03:38 PM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: SunkenCiv

It’s levitation but that’s about all I would know about it.


122 posted on 01/17/2020 12:28:30 PM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: steve86

But this is all still theoretical, and none of directly observed. So my question is has the science really been settled, or this just some theory being claimed as fact?


123 posted on 01/17/2020 12:36:35 PM PST by voicereason (The RNC is like the "one-night stand" you wish you could forget.)
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To: voicereason
"Seeing" the gravitational waves (via detectors) and visually observing the accompanying light emissions (as has occurred following a Supernova explosion) is direct observation.
124 posted on 01/17/2020 12:42:23 PM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: steve86

Correction: it was a neutron star collision, not Supernova explosion.


125 posted on 01/17/2020 12:50:44 PM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: laplata
Back in the Transcendental Meditation heyday, the presenters were claiming that the fulltime TM people could levitate (that's a good way to not set the hook, if ya ask me). Turns out they were real photos, but they had to be timed just right, because the meditators were actually hopping straight up from lotus, something that is difficult to do -- but it isn't levitation. This guy in the photo above is way too far off the floor to be hopping in that manner.

126 posted on 01/17/2020 10:46:01 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Thanks for that. You sum it up nicely.


127 posted on 01/18/2020 7:24:19 AM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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