@drnereide.bsky.socialAdvanced #LIGO detected gravitational waves from two black holes merging over a billion light years from Earth.
The computer simulation above shows (in slow motion) what this would look like up close.
Animation source➡️ www.black-holes.org/2016/02/11/g...
Credit: SXS Lensing
@drnereide.bsky.social14 September 2015 went down in #history.
That is, in fact, the day the #LIGO researchers first detected a #gravitationalwave signal, formally named #GW150914.
journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
#cosmology #histsci #blackholes 🔭 🧪 ⚛️
@jamieroxxartist.bsky.socialToday in History:
Sept 14, 2015 – The first observation of #gravitationalwaves was made, announced by the #LIGO and #Virgo collaborations on 11 February 2016.
@cosmowiki.mastodontech.de.ap.brid.gy14. Sep. 2015: Am #LIGO werden durch ein Signal von der Verschmelzung zweier schwarzer Löcher erstmals #Gravitationswellen nachgewiesen.
@cosmowiki.bsky.social14. Sep. 2015: Am #LIGO werden durch ein Signal von der Verschmelzung zweier schwarzer Löcher erstmals #Gravitationswellen nachgewiesen.
@donporque.bsky.social¿Qué pasó el 14 de septiembre? Historia, España y grandes efemérides #Efemerides #Historia #HistoriaDeEspaña #TalDiaComoHoy #Quevedo #Napoleon #Luna #OPEP #LIGO #OndasGravitacionales #Ciencia #Cultura #EfemeridesHistoricas #felizlunes #14deseptiembre
@sonya.eurosky.socialHubby just sent me this link. @ligo.org has an app that will notify you when it detects gravitational waves!
The alerts include Marvin the Martin saying, "Where's the kaboom? There is supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom!"