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Social media buzzes with 'gravitational waves may have been discovered'

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Gravitational Waves May Have Been Discovered: Social Media Buzzes with Possible New Findings
http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articl...ndings.htm

EXCERPT: The world of physics has been rocked by what may be a direct discovery of gravitational waves. Social media has been abuzz about the possible discovery, though there are no confirmations as of yet. [...] Gravitational waves are ripples in the curvature of spacetime that emanate from the most explosive and violent events in our universe, such as a black hole merger. [...] But why is that such a big deal...



Why a rumor about the discovery of something Einstein predicted over 100 years ago is going viral
http://www.techinsider.io/what-are-gravi...ves-2016-1

EXCERPT: On Monday, theoretical physicist Laurence Krauss sent the scientific community on Twitter reeling when he suggested that researchers may have detected, for the first time, an astrophysical phenomenon called gravitational waves. Right now, the rumor is just that. The scientists to which the rumor refers work at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and told Business Insider that there is no basis for such a discovery, yet....
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