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The February 2016 announcement that gravitational waves were detected caused great excitement among scientists, but most people wonder, "Why is it a big deal?" The answer has to do with the extreme difficulty of detecting tiny waves from ...
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Scientists may have "heard" the first tantalizing evidence of primordial black holes formed directly from overly dense pockets of matter just after the Big Bang.
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[AI summary] This article explains that while Newtonian gravity implies instantaneous propagation, General Relativity dictates that gravity travels at the speed of light, a conclusion supported by astronomical observations of binary pulsars and the theoretical cancellation of propagation delays in stable orbits.
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Bob Henderson is a reporter for the Wall Street Journal. Like other reporters he also has a PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Rochester, an MFA in writing from Columbia University, degrees in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of Southern California, and in photojournalism from Syracuse University. Just kidding....
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