This is awesome. Personally, I've long doubted the existence of gravitational waves, suspecting that gravitational information might be instantaneous. It looks like the Higgs Boson and this have crushed my theory. If you haven't read Guth's book, The Inflationary Universe, I highly recommend it.
Naw, we have already confirmed that gravity propagated with a finite speed... the speed of light. There were some refutations, but they haven't held water. It was only a matter of time before we developed the technological sensitivity required to measure gravitational waves. Personally, I believe we'll directly detect dark matter within five years. We are so close to a grand unification, I'm all for throwing money at an "LHC v2.0" just to see if we can tease some new particles out at those higher energy levels. As a Texan, I still can't get over the politically-based demise of the SSC...gravitational information might be instantaneous
Yeah, I had been aware of PSR B1913+16, but didn't think it was decisive evidence of waves. This pretty much settles it. Dark matter is another one that I have been doubtful of, but now I'm starting to doubt my instincts. :)Naw, we have already confirmed that gravity propagated with a finite speed... the speed of light.
If they have a copy at the library I will have to read that once I get done with what I'm currently reading. mk, is the tmi page broke or is Zork now a challenge before you're allowed to access it?