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Double Pulsar Discovered

Posted by michael on from the double-your-pleasure dept.

jabberjaw writes "Nature is reporting that a set of two pulsars could be emitting gravitational waves. Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves in his general theory of relativity, but a gravitational wave has yet to be detected. Find out more about gravitational waves and pulsars at Eric Weisstein's World of Physics."

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  1. Nothing new... by BiOFH · · Score: 4, Funny

    John Goodman's ass has been emitting gravity waves for years.

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    1. Re:Nothing new... by BiOFH · · Score: 3, Funny

      Oh. Poor thing. If moderation is so bad, then why are you so worried about messing up your karma?

      Coward. :)

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  2. Question for a physicist by MillionthMonkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder how many times these two neutron stars could bounce if they were to hit the water at an angle of 20 degrees.

    1. Re:Question for a physicist by RebelWithoutAClue · · Score: 2, Funny

      The better question would be: How many times would the earth bounce before it sank into the neutron star?

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  3. Re:5p33d 0f gr4v17y by Deraj+DeZine · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think you might be confused: Moore's Law applies to the speed of computers, not their size.

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  4. Re:So... by FauxReal · · Score: 2, Funny

    I remember one time I was trippin and threw a ball into the air and it never came down... could this have caused the ball to hover over my head for 20 minutes? This probably wouldn't explain how the ball was laughing at me though....

    Well, the ball floated because you missed the Earth, basically the same effect as stated in The Hitchhiker's Trilogy. Your drug induced state probably allowed you to throw the ball at specific yet unrepeatable while sober trajectory. As far as the ball laughing at you, it was obviously a Happy Fun Ball.

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  5. Re:Bah! That's nothing.. by starwed · · Score: 2, Funny

    Your ex-wife is John Goodman?

  6. Re:detecting gravitational waves? by rokzy · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hate it when physics topics come up on slashdot, there are always annoying people like you who know a few words but don't really have a clue.

    you're the science equivalent of the guy who says his OS is AOL.