☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Science@lemmy.mlEnglish · 21 days agoChinese research team makes breakthrough in space-based gravitational wave detectionwww.chinadaily.com.cnexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down10cross-posted to: science@lemmygrad.ml
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minus-squareteslekova@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·20 days agoGood explanation. Yep, it detects the squeezing and stretching of space itself in two directions at right angles to each other, by bouncing light back and forth. Insane technology, that was pure sci-fi only a century ago, but now we can do it.
Good explanation. Yep, it detects the squeezing and stretching of space itself in two directions at right angles to each other, by bouncing light back and forth. Insane technology, that was pure sci-fi only a century ago, but now we can do it.