The new observation suggests that after fine-tuning, LIGO will spot dozens or even hundreds of the otherwise undetectable events each year.
Can't wait 'til we see our first super massive black hole merger!
To: LibWhacker
2 posted on
06/15/2016 12:45:23 PM PDT by
knarf
To: LibWhacker
I guess it was coincidence that the first detection was right when they turned on the upgraded detector (actually a few hours before). Based on that, I was expecting many more observations.
3 posted on
06/15/2016 12:57:07 PM PDT by
Moonman62
(Make America Great Again!)
To: LibWhacker
Will it be able to detect when the several black holes that are national debts combine to form one massive black hole of a world depression?
To: LibWhacker
Reaching the design sensitivity—a factor of 2.5 better than today’s—is a challenge, as the instruments currently suffer from a “mystery noise” at low frequencies.
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Wouldn’t it be something if that “noise” is actually telling us something fundamental about gravity and isn’t noise at all? The CMB was discovered that way.
5 posted on
06/15/2016 12:59:50 PM PDT by
Moonman62
(Make America Great Again!)
To: LibWhacker
as the instruments currently suffer from a "mystery noise" One of the most hateful things in electronics engineering ...
6 posted on
06/15/2016 12:59:57 PM PDT by
NorthMountain
(A plague o' both your houses.)
To: LibWhacker
"...1.4 billion light-years away."
!!!
7 posted on
06/15/2016 1:00:47 PM PDT by
simpson96
To: LibWhacker
Can't wait 'til we see our first super massive black hole merger! Eeeeww!
Oh wait, you said "super massive" not "massive chips-on- shoulders, lie-telling pinko-commie, run-of-the-mill leftist" black holes.
My mistake.
8 posted on
06/15/2016 1:02:03 PM PDT by
7MMmag
To: LibWhacker
13 posted on
06/15/2016 2:30:33 PM PDT by
webheart
(We are all pretty much living in a fiction.)
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