the rumour is that the LIGO project has detected a significant signal of gravitational waves originating from two distant black holes orbiting each other and merging together!
a big press release from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) is scheduled for tomorrow (Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016 10:30 AM US EST). you can WATCH the news of the project update HERE.
so what are gravitational waves? PhD Comics explains them very well in this video:
and if you're curious about how we detect these amazingly weak gravitational waves? check out this post by Markus Pössel.
in other major life events... i'm 40 weeks along and ready to meet my tiny baby ANY TIME NOW! very exciting :)
a big press release from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) is scheduled for tomorrow (Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016 10:30 AM US EST). you can WATCH the news of the project update HERE.
so what are gravitational waves? PhD Comics explains them very well in this video:
and if you're curious about how we detect these amazingly weak gravitational waves? check out this post by Markus Pössel.
in other major life events... i'm 40 weeks along and ready to meet my tiny baby ANY TIME NOW! very exciting :)
