Gravitational Waves Detected on Earth!
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Cosmic breakthrough:
Physicists detect gravitational waves from violent black-hole merger
“Scientists announced Thursday that, after decades of effort, they have succeeded in detecting gravitational waves from the violent merging of two black holes in deep space. The detection was hailed as a triumph for a controversial, exquisitely crafted, billion-dollar physics experiment and as confirmation of a key prediction of Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. […] ”
— By Joel Achenbach and Rachel Feltman February 11, 2016 (washingtonpost.com)
"In March 1916 Einstein completed an article explaining general relativity in terms more easily understood." Coincidentally, that was just one month short of a century ago!
Big Al never ceases to amaze!
Big Al never ceases to amaze!
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