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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.

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


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: frank ballenger

And on the receiving end; nommm, nommmm, nommmmm...


61 posted on 01/15/2020 4:43:23 PM PST by null and void (The government wants to disarm us after 243 yrs 'cuz they plan to do things we would shoot them for!)
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To: 43north
I suspect that the movements of one Michael Moore have something to do with this.

Moore: So I told myself I'm gonna go through with trying something new as my resolution. Sky diving. What harm could it do?

62 posted on 01/15/2020 4:45:14 PM PST by frank ballenger (End vote harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: Bulwinkle

I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.

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That’s just the electronic vote machines transferring normal human votes to democrat.


63 posted on 01/15/2020 4:48:59 PM PST by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: BenLurkin

64 posted on 01/15/2020 4:49:02 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Everyone who favors socialism plans on the government taking other people's money, not theirs.)
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To: Bulwinkle


Fluke Starbucker:
Jeepers! What is it, Augie Ben Doggie? Did you feel a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced?

Auggie Ben Doggie:
No, just a little headache.
65 posted on 01/15/2020 4:50:49 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SubMareener
Heim EQFT predicts that gravitational waves travel at 4/3 the speed of light, so any light event is yet to come.

Remember those two neutron stars that collided? They were over 100 million light years away yet we got the gravity signal only a few seconds before the light got here, so that theory does not match the evidence.

By the way the blip was near the giant red star Betelgeuse . Gamma ray bursts pop out in a line along the stars axis of rotation. The pole of Betelgeuse is only a few degree off from pointing at us. Betelgeuse has dimmed more than usual recently so something very interesting is happening there.

66 posted on 01/15/2020 4:51:40 PM PST by Nateman (If the left is not screaming, you are doing it wrong ...and Epstein did not kill himself.)
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To: BenLurkin
Did someone say ripples? Image result for fred sanford
67 posted on 01/15/2020 4:52:22 PM PST by Leep (Everyday is Trump Day!)
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To: BenLurkin

bagster’s battle about Q on another thread...


68 posted on 01/15/2020 4:59:25 PM PST by heavy metal (your reward will be in heaven not on your paycheck...)
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To: BenLurkin

Where’s Michael Moore?


69 posted on 01/15/2020 5:01:29 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: BenLurkin

Maybe betalguese going supernova?


70 posted on 01/15/2020 5:02:53 PM PST by DouglasKC
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To: Major Matt Mason

71 posted on 01/15/2020 5:04:16 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin
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.

And just how do they know that exactly? Have I missed reading something somewhere? Or, are we back on the hypothesis is concrete science kick again?

72 posted on 01/15/2020 5:05:28 PM PST by voicereason (The RNC is like the "one-night stand" you wish you could forget.)
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To: All

I need a small, weak woman to hold me.


73 posted on 01/15/2020 5:05:57 PM PST by Peter ODonnell (Nobody reads this anyway so here's my password: *************)
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To: BipolarBob

No more Global Warming.


74 posted on 01/15/2020 5:07:43 PM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: dfwgator

OMG! Hardware Wars!

Haven’t seen that since college...


75 posted on 01/15/2020 5:11:40 PM PST by The Clemson Tiger (Hold that Tiger!)
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To: dfwgator

This is the movie that got me hooked on Wagner. HARDWARE WARS.... Ogie be Doggie.


76 posted on 01/15/2020 5:13:11 PM PST by crazydad
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To: DouglasKC

“Maybe betalguese going supernova?”

That was my thought also. We’ll know, I guess, in a few years...


77 posted on 01/15/2020 5:13:48 PM PST by CondorFlight
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To: BenLurkin

I thought I felt something......


78 posted on 01/15/2020 5:14:27 PM PST by beethovenfan (Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: BenLurkin

And the next day Nadless was named impeachment manager...this cannot be coincidental.


79 posted on 01/15/2020 5:21:40 PM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: The Clemson Tiger

“You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll kiss three bucks goodbye!”


80 posted on 01/15/2020 5:24:35 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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