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RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves

February 12, 2016 at 2:17 am

(February 11, 2016 at 5:18 pm)Alex K Wrote: Note also the 10^-21 amplitude. This means that the length of the 4km arms changed by less than 10^-17 meters. That's way smaller than a proton.

Yeah, the news on the radio said 1/1000th the diameter of a proton.

The fact that we can make such a sensitive instrument is, to me, as amazing as the fact that we can detect an occurrence 1.3 billion ly away.

As Freeman Dyson said, "We are the Universe, pondering itself."

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Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by Alex K - February 9, 2016 at 3:13 pm

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by brewer - February 9, 2016 at 3:50 pm

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by Alex K - February 9, 2016 at 6:03 pm

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by robvalue - February 9, 2016 at 3:54 pm

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by Alex K - February 9, 2016 at 4:16 pm

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by Jackalope - February 9, 2016 at 6:53 pm

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by Alex K - February 9, 2016 at 7:02 pm

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by MTL - February 10, 2016 at 6:41 am

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by The Valkyrie - February 9, 2016 at 4:40 pm

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by Alex K - February 9, 2016 at 5:02 pm

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by The Valkyrie - February 9, 2016 at 5:05 pm

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RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by The Valkyrie - February 9, 2016 at 6:02 pm

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RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by Minimalist - February 9, 2016 at 6:33 pm

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by vorlon13 - February 9, 2016 at 8:25 pm

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by Alex K - February 9, 2016 at 9:44 pm

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by vorlon13 - February 10, 2016 at 12:19 am

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by Alex K - February 10, 2016 at 3:55 am

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by Jackalope - February 10, 2016 at 4:30 am

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by robvalue - February 10, 2016 at 1:49 am

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by Thumpalumpacus - February 10, 2016 at 3:06 am

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by robvalue - February 10, 2016 at 3:08 am

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RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by I_am_not_mafia - February 10, 2016 at 6:50 am

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by Alex K - February 10, 2016 at 7:11 am

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RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by Alex K - February 11, 2016 at 10:47 am

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by Alex K - February 11, 2016 at 11:29 am

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by Excited Penguin - February 11, 2016 at 11:53 am

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RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by Thumpalumpacus - February 12, 2016 at 2:17 am

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