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Re:Are Black Holes Actually Dark Energy Stars? by bsder on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @08:04PM (#18244914)
> If what LIGO achieved is not loud enough for the 21st century, then we are probably doomed.

The problem is that it is REALLY hard to describe to the layman just how excruciatingly difficult it is to do what LIGO does.

I like to think that I know a thing or two about electrical engineering and quantum mechanics, and even I probably don't get just exactly how amazing LIGO is.

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Re:Are Black Holes Actually Dark Energy Stars? by njarboe on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @10:54PM (#18245562)
The original paper on the first detection of a black hole merger by LIGO is really great[1]. It's even open access. Much of the paper is accessible to someone at the freshman physics level. Download the pdf as it is in a much nicer format than the online version.

[1]https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.11...

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Re:Are Black Holes Actually Dark Energy Stars? by nikofeyn on Friday October 19, 2018 @12:50AM (#18254308)
kip thorne's talks are really good about explaining ligo's importance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxhp4GBr1Zg

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