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Scientists have finally 'heard' the chorus of gravitational waves that ripple through the universe (apnews.com)

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NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have observed for the first time the faint ripples caused by the motion of black holes that are gently stretching and squeezing everything in the universe.

They reported Wednesday that they were able to “hear” what are called low-frequency gravitational waves — changes in the fabric of the universe that are created by huge objects moving around and colliding in space.

“It’s really the first time that we have evidence of just this large-scale motion of everything in the universe,” said Maura McLaughlin, co-director of NANOGrav, the research collaboration that published the results in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.

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[–] b1_@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

So everything in the universe is bobbing up and down or wobbling constantly, like ping-pong balls sitting on the rippling pool of space-time?

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