Galaxy-Size Gravitational-Wave Detector Hints at Exotic Physics

Re:Galaxy-Size Gravitational-Wave Detector Hints at Exotic P... by titanomachy on Friday February 05, 2021 @02:40PM (#26040333)

I believe you misinterpret the article. Physicists on earth are using small timing fluctuations in the radiation arriving from multiple far-flung pulsars to try and detect gravitational waves. This is what is meant by a galaxy-sized gravitational wave detector.

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Re:Galaxy-Size Gravitational-Wave Detector Hints at Exotic P... by spekcular on Friday February 05, 2021 @03:45PM (#26040956)

It was a joke.

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Re:Galaxy-Size Gravitational-Wave Detector Hints at Exotic P... by btilly on Friday February 05, 2021 @04:38PM (#26041539)

Yes, it was. And that is a reason to downvote.

People aren't on Hacker News for the jokes, and a significant fraction don't like seeing threads hijacked by silliness. We've all seen Reddit, and are choosing not to be there for a reason.

That's not to say that you can't get away with jokes here. But the bar for them to work is very high.

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Re:Galaxy-Size Gravitational-Wave Detector Hints at Exotic P... by jshevek on Saturday February 06, 2021 @12:20PM (#26048012)

You are correct, and this is important. The flood of 2020 newcomers have not acculturated, creating frequent misapprehensions.

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Re:Galaxy-Size Gravitational-Wave Detector Hints at Exotic P... by sunstone on Saturday February 06, 2021 @04:52AM (#26045483)

We are not amused.

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