I feel a great disturbance in the Force

[Flyn]

Earth was hit by gravitational waves this week. No idea if it's the result of a bad sensor, natural, unexplained space phenomenon or the beginnings of an attack by the evil emperor.

A mysterious cosmic event might have ever-so-slightly stretched and squeezed our planet last week. On Jan. 14, astronomers detected a split-second burst of gravitational waves, distortions in space-time … but researchers don't know where this burst came from.

The gravitational wave signal, picked up by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and the Virgo interferometer, lasted only 14 milliseconds, and astronomers haven't yet been able to pinpoint the burst's cause or determine whether it was just a blip in the detectors.

Hypotheses in link:

A burst of gravitational waves hit our planet. Astronomers have no clue where it's from.

A mysterious cosmic event might have ever-so-slightly stretched and squeezed our planet last week.

www.livescience.com

Demonstration of gravity theories:



Gravitational waves:

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[Yaj Yak]

this is definitely why my pants don't fit right.

 

[boostedguy05]

Typical science.

Something happened, we dont know how or why, but it happened

 

[RICH17]

maybe this is why I have had my man period for a week

 

[Spivitz]

Because Betelgeuse


tinfoilhat

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

Isn't this like a week or 2 old at this point?

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

Yeah.. fucking January 14th

"This week" my ass

 

[nytebyte]

Yep, Betelgeuse finally blew up. The gravitational waves are just the start.

 

[Blood on Blood]

End
Of
Days

 

[Bob Kazamakis]