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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: BenLurkin
Maybe it was Pelosi’s ego deflating realizing she had to cough up the impeachment papers to Mitch.
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01/15/2020 8:32:42 PM PST
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griffin
To: BenLurkin
Sure hope that’s not Apocolypse heading this way. He is never in a good mood. Lol.
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posted on
01/15/2020 8:55:22 PM PST
by
justa-hairyape
(The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
To: BenLurkin
It’s an anomaly caused by the magnetic poles wandering..it made me feel light-headed...
Who can I sue for allowing the earth to do things without human control?
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01/16/2020 2:42:08 AM PST
by
trebb
(Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
To: 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AnalogReigns; AndrewC; aragorn; ...
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01/16/2020 7:08:06 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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01/16/2020 7:08:27 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SubMareener
Beetleguise (sp?) going Nova perhaps? Interesting hypothesis.
To: BenLurkin
Not detected before implies something close. The devices typically detect something hundreds of millions of light years away so you have a large volume of energetic events that get noticed. Something that needs to be close to be detected has a much smaller volume of probable events to draw from.
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01/16/2020 9:06:17 AM PST
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Nateman
(If the left is not screaming, you are doing it wrong ...and Epstein did not kill himself.)
To: SunkenCiv
Golly. What am I missing?
Better asked, what just missed us?
(OK. I’ll go back to sleep, now.)
;o]
‘Face
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01/16/2020 12:23:39 PM PST
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Monkey Face
(I don't call it "getting old." I call it "outliving the warranty." ~~ FB ~~)
To: MacNaughton
My thoughts went there also ... that new female Doctor is rammin’ in the jimjam, and frippin’ in the crots wrong!
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01/16/2020 3:02:32 PM PST
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MHGinTN
(A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
To: MHGinTN
Good thing I bailed on the series before The Doctor went female.
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01/16/2020 3:39:52 PM PST
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Redcitizen
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To: Monkey Face
I could do without those bursts of gravitational waves first thing in the morning.
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01/16/2020 11:34:38 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
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01/17/2020 1:52:56 AM PST
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Monkey Face
(I don't call it "getting old." I call it "outliving the warranty." ~~ FB ~~)
To: SunkenCiv
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01/17/2020 2:02:48 AM PST
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Theophilus
(Ich bin ein Hong Konger)
To: Theophilus
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01/17/2020 9:26:45 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Monkey Face
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01/17/2020 9:34:08 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: SubMareener; laplata; Delta 21; Nateman; UCANSEE2; AFreeBird; Telepathic Intruder
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01/17/2020 9:49:21 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Lol
Wow, that’s an intriguing photo.
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01/17/2020 11:18:55 AM PST
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laplata
(The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: laplata
Yeah, I agree, and I wish I had more info about it.
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01/17/2020 11:25:49 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: voicereason
And just how do they know that exactly? These are the only known cosmic bodies with sufficient mass, density, and acceleration to create gravitational waves of this strength.
Have I missed reading something somewhere?
Yes. Lots.
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posted on
01/17/2020 11:56:08 AM PST
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steve86
(Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
To: Telepathic Intruder
“Gravity waves travel the speed of light according to Einstein”
And past LIGO observations proved him right.
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01/17/2020 11:59:21 AM PST
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steve86
(Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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