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Scientists just detected gravitational waves for the first time ever

Today researchers announced that they have detected ripples in the fabric of space called gravitational waves. It's a groundbreaking discovery that has eluded Earth's brightest minds and most sensitive machines for decades.

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gizmig2989d ago (Edited 2989d ago )

It took almost 100 years to prove and accept Gravitational waves theory proposed by Einstein way back. We just can't imagine how he had proposed it 100 years back with so little resources.

It's time to change your physics book students. Good luck!

Settler2989d ago

I guarantee people don't even understand how exciting this is.

Trunkz2988d ago

What does it mean for us as a human race, better space travel?

amiga-man2988d ago

Trunkz it means we have another way to explore the universe, imagine trying to understand the universe by just using your eyes, then see the difference telescopes made and how they have improved over the years.

The same is true of this discovery, it opens up huge possibilities to see and understand alsorts of phenomenen which are just not possible with todays tech.

Black holes an example.

cyclindk2988d ago

Not to differ with you and certainly not to under appreciate his contributions, but it is often that ideas and concepts are conceived long before they can be definitively "proved" to our satisfaction.

gizmig2988d ago

I do agree with you. But you really think anyone can come to this conclusion if he haven't discover it long back? Because to make it to our satisfaction level it took us a whole century to prove it.

Psychotica2988d ago

So good to know that the world is so prosperous that we can just throw away $1 Billion dollars on something that doesn't make one iota of difference. It's like a self replicating lie, it gives better tools to study the universe, yeah and for what? So we can find other useless discoveries that give us even more tools to discover other useless discoveries?

N0TaB0T2988d ago

Yeah lets just turn this science related discussion into /that/ kind of discussion. Really you're making a difference by derailing the tone of productive conversations on the internet.

Rute2988d ago (Edited 2988d ago )

Einstein's seemingly "otherwordly" theories have a long history of important technical applications. For example, nuclear energy is rooted in his energy-mass equivalence equation (E=mc^2). His theory of stimulated emission gave us basis for laser. Einstein's concept of time dilation must be used to correct GPS satellites in order to coordinate with systems of Earth.

And so on and so forth.

goldwyncq2988d ago

Get out with this crap. You probably failed Physics in high school.

Psychotica2988d ago

No, never even took the class. I am sure it would have made a huge difference in my life too.

amiga-man2988d ago

Phychotica, I'm glad I can see beyond your limited vision of the world, the possibilities and understanding this opens up is huge and will have massive implications for everyone in the long term.

KTF262988d ago

These useless discoveries and experiments made your PC, smartphone, TV, ....

-The transistors started as a "useless" experiment for quantum physics

-The nuclear power (the good and bad) also started as "useless" experiment on "useless" uranium raw

-The GPS can not work correctly without general relativity

The more we know about the universe the more chance we have to utilize it's resources effectively

Psychotica2988d ago (Edited 2988d ago )

now let's weigh the importance of those discoveries to say feeding people who are starving..

goldwyncq2988d ago

Forget it. Short-sighted people like him would never appreciate the benefits of scientific discoveries anyway.

KTF262988d ago (Edited 2988d ago )

@Psychotica
The problem isn't these expensive experiments
The whole economic system is mess
There is enough food to feed all people in the world
but the capitalist brain make the farmer destroy the surplus to keep the price as high as possible

That's already way off-topic but let me clarify something

I'm not communist
I think communism is worst than capitalism
But why shouldn't people take the good from both and git rid of the bad?

Speed-Racer2988d ago (Edited 2988d ago )

@Psychotica - http://www.universetoday.co...

If we as humans did not explore outside of your box, we would have still believed the Earth was flat. The answers may not always be apparent initially, but I'm sure there is a long term good that can come out of all this.

Tsuru2988d ago

I doubt the human race would even be around. We would of been killing ourselves in 100s of religious wars and dying to mass plagues and diseases.

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level 3602988d ago

Will now be much easier to detect where to make slingshot trajectory projections to other planet/worlds.

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For the first time, scientists have sequenced the whole human genome

Scientists are optimistic that having a full image of the human genome would help them better understand human evolution and pave the path for discoveries in

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Scientists create bendable concrete to better withstand natural disasters

More flexible and better for the environment.

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To Better Resist Against Natural Disasters, Scientists Make Bendable Concrete

It is said to needed 36 percent less power to make and release up to 76 percent less carbon dioxide compared to standard bendable concrete made of concrete.

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