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Re:Gravity batteries try to beat chemical ones with winches,... by f6v on Saturday April 24, 2021 @11:57AM (#26925867)
> We understand most things about it

In a classical mechanics sense - yes. But the waves were detected just couple years ago.

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Re:Gravity batteries try to beat chemical ones with winches,... by nl on Sunday April 25, 2021 @12:26AM (#26930344)
It's true we only recently have been able to built equipment sensitive enough to measure them.

However, they were predicted in 1916 as part of Einstein's Relativity work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_wave

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