About 1.4 billion years ago, ANOTHER pair of black holes collided. And again, a mirror here on Earth moved ~1/1000 of a proton radius.
Over a billion years ago, two black holes spiraled into each other. This made a mirror here on earth move about 1/1000 of a proton radius.
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The GW151226 signal was picked up by LIGO detectors at 3:38:53 UTC. Here in Chicago, that was ~ 9:39pm on Christmas day.
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Science told us how it would move, and then scientists measured it. What a remarkable thing to be here for.
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If this isn't simultaneously one of the most preposterous and awesome things you've ever heard, I don't know what to tell you.
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do these waves get smaller as they travel, like pond ripples? If we were closer to event would signal have been bigger?
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Yes, that's a good analogy. Here, probably ~1 solar mass was converted into energy & radiated away as
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@mcnees@MariusHelgaa Can this explain where all my socks are? -
@IFNScouting@mcnees This is an important question and furthermore is this mirror a wormhole through which all my pens make their escape?
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@mcnees@CaraSantaMaria It's baffling that some of our best minds can achieve this & others still seek reality in mythological desert books.Hvala. Twitter će to iskoristiti za poboljšanje vaše vremenske crte. PoništiPoništi
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@mcnees@AstroKatie Well, relatively speaking.Hvala. Twitter će to iskoristiti za poboljšanje vaše vremenske crte. PoništiPoništi
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