That Einstein was a clever guy

[Bambino]

He predicted this 100 years ago, without any computers to help hm.

http://uk.businessinsider.com/scientists-announce-detection-of-gravitational-waves-2016-2?r=US&IR=T

[Cleoriff]

Saw it earlier on BBC news. Pretty amazing really. One of the scientists involved said they just happened to have the right equipment running at the right time.... Brilliant .

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-35524440

[jonsie]

Clever guy that Einstein!

[Bambino]

And to think all of his knowledge might have been lost if he had decided to go back to Germany after a visit to the US in 1933....just when Hitler came to power.

[viridis]

Fantastic discovery, finally proving Einsteins theory, something he never thought humans would do.
Potentially these scientists could use this to look back through time and find the ripples from the big bang itself.
Quite amazing.

[sheepdog]

Ah physicists: one to start a theory and others to get grant money to try and prove it.....so basically they've invented a very sensitive trip detector.

The slightly less cynical me will be reading the actual experiment details to see if its just a bit of PR to gain exposure for the initial results for getting more funding:

http://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.061102#fulltext

Sheepdog in "I have one of those sciencey degrees things" mode

[jonsie]

Makes perfect sense though.....

[Cleoriff]

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@jonsie wrote:

Makes perfect sense though.....

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Correction. It makes perfect sense to some people