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Demosthenes
2016-02-11, 08:38 AM
It appears gravitational waves have been detected. From what I've heard, they have a 5 sigma signal which they should announce in about ten minutes. (9:30 AM CST). Link to the NSF live stream of the gravitational wave announcement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyo4DFr4D4I

Edit: The link I posted above actually takes you here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7293kAiPZw
Chruser
2016-02-12, 03:31 PM
It appears gravitational waves have been detected. From what I've heard, they have a 5 sigma signal which they should announce in about ten minutes. (9:30 AM CST). Link to the NSF live stream of the gravitational wave announcement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyo4DFr4D4I

Edit: The link I posted above actually takes you here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7293kAiPZw


The energy release of the BH merge was what, ~10^50 J? I really hope most of that energy was converted into gravitational waves...
WetWired
2016-02-20, 09:47 AM
Why does it matter what form it took? It's not as if it were close enough to effect you or your grandchildren.