It can be concluded that fracking in nearby states, or even an automobile accident near the site, can easily deliver the same data.
The mainstream axiom that c is the upper limit to velocity in physics is still a presumption.
LIGO detects shock waves
It can be concluded that fracking in nearby states, or even an automobile accident near the site, can easily deliver the same data.
Gravitational waves: Why the fuss?
What they are detecting here is a sudden change in the strength of the gravitational force (field)
or number of individual gravitational waves
I agree with Einstein here with one small change, change "waves" to a single gravitational wave.
a sudden change in the strength of the gravitational force (field)
I say there is a sudden change in the gravity field between these now combined neutron stars and us by their combined lost of mass, mass turned into energy.
That implies there is not really any change in the strength of the gravity field
We are forever slightly further apart.
baudrunner
Oct 16, 2017About faster than light speeds, the reader should be reminded that Einstein once said, "I could be wrong."
Apparently the LIGO instrument is so sensitive it would react to a person dropping a pen in an isolation booth at the site. It can be concluded that fracking in nearby states, or even an automobile accident near the site, can easily deliver the same data. Pointing to the sky and framing experimental results around an observed astronomical phenomenon is like randomly picking a "sure to win" Powerball lottery ticket. LIGO detects shock waves, and that is really all that it does, and shock waves have nothing to do with gravity. There is no such a thing as a gravity wave, because gravity doesn't work that way.