In another report I heard black hole collisions are thought to occur only once in a million years. Is that true?
Also how can they know for certain that this not a seismic event? After all there is a great deal we do not know about the Earth's interior. Harry On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 9:27 PM, Giovanni Santostasi <[email protected]> wrote: > By the way, gravitational waves were the topic of my dissertation so feel > free to ask any question about the topic. It is very fascinating. > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 9:26 PM, Giovanni Santostasi < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> It opens a complete different window on the Universe. >> The analogy that is often given is imagine the cosmic show is like a TV >> show. Until now we had video but not audio. Finally we turned the audio on. >> Gravitational waves are a different but complementary way to observe the >> universe. >> We already learning things we could not learn before just using EM >> radiation. For example that there are black holes systems with such large >> masses. >> This has consequences in terms of galaxy evolution and how stars were >> formed. >> And this is just the beginning. >> The ultimate price is when we will see the gravitational waves from Big >> Bang. >> While the Microwave Cosmic Background tell us abut the universe at a very >> early stage (500 K years) we cannot receive any earlier information about >> the universe using EM radiation. >> The equivalent gravitational wave background when detected will tells >> information from a fraction of a second after the Big Bang. Only >> gravitational radiation can give us a picture of the universe that early. >> >> Also information from events like the one just observed eventually would >> give us clues on how gravity and quantum mechanics work together. >> The consequences of this discovery are enormous. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 8:22 PM, Russ George <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> It seems the announcement of showing gravity waves are real is only of >>> value to obscure academic discussions. Unless someone here might illuminate >>> us about some practical derivatives that might be revealed due to the >>> findings. >>> >> >> >
