Hi All,
Very surprised that no-one has yet started a discussion of the first detection of gravity waves. This is a MAJOR breakthrough! It has the potential to rival the first use of the telescope.
Several of the faculty here are associated with LIGO and I had a VERY minor association with the studies done in WA by David Blair. I had a feeling that something like this was in the air for the past few weeks as the faculty members and post-grads involved were suddenly very secretive. Expect a few Nobel prizes being awarded for this in the next few years.
With a completely new window now opened on the universe, we are no longer dependent on just light. Who knows what we will discover over the next few decades!
Maurice
Very surprised that no-one has yet started a discussion of the first detection of gravity waves. This is a MAJOR breakthrough! It has the potential to rival the first use of the telescope.
Several of the faculty here are associated with LIGO and I had a VERY minor association with the studies done in WA by David Blair. I had a feeling that something like this was in the air for the past few weeks as the faculty members and post-grads involved were suddenly very secretive. Expect a few Nobel prizes being awarded for this in the next few years.
With a completely new window now opened on the universe, we are no longer dependent on just light. Who knows what we will discover over the next few decades!
Maurice
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