An 'unknown' burst of gravitational waves just lit up Earth's detectors

CNET ^ | 01/14/2020 | Jackson Ryan

[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.

[gundog]

Nadler walking from the House chambers over to the Senste?

[UCANSEE2]

Maybe Betelgeuse really did go Supernova.

[gundog]

“That’s not funny...”

[ThePatriotsFlag]

Interesting comment, might explain the dimming?

[SaveFerris]

IT IS JUST AS YOU PROPHESIED!

[mabarker1]

Pi are square, cake are round.

[mabarker1]

Pi are square, cake are round.

[puppypusher]

does anyone know if Betelgeuse finally blew itself up?

[raybbr]

Probably generated a million years ago.

[JohnDeereGreen]

Betelgeuse perhaps. Now we just wait 200~250 years to see it. I could do the math to be specific but who would be around to see it?

[Jumpmaster]

This tops Dick Cheney’s hurricane machine.

[dljordan]

They’re here.

[BenLurkin]

[steve in DC]

Betelgeuse supernova.

[laplata]

I’ll look it up. thanks.

[Flaming Conservative]

Nah. It goes down the commode, where eventually, it comes back to us as purified water or compost/topsoil/worm food, etc. An old-fashioned outhouse with area wildlife probably does it a whole lot better, but not as purty.

[laplata]

I watched a YouTube of Betelgeus. That’s probably it. Very interesting, and maybe we’re in for a “spectacular show”.

Thanks again.

[frank ballenger]

Gross to consider——but accurate.

[Yardstick]

~lol~

[SubMareener]

Next up in Revelation 12 is the Dragon’s tail throwing a third of his angels (stars) to the Earth. Whatever that is, it will be a wild time.