All of Einstiens theory of relativity has been proven except this one about to be proven this week.
This is an old thread and the latest Einstien news could go into a new thread BUT I just read Kehahs post and it quite simply nails it. Note closely the bold and underlined.
So From the article.
Nice little fantasy picture.... very common product from modern science. imagination.Every single prediction from Einstein's 1915 theory has been proven by direct experimental evidence - except one: the existence of gravitational waves.
So again, the limit is the speed of light. Nothing can go faster, even though there are faster thingsWe could be just hours away from their confirmation.
Their discovery could open up a new branch of astronomy and help us in the search for a grand unified theory of matter.
A joint press conference in Europe and the US at 2.30am AEST on Friday by scientists from the LIGO experiment in the US will issue "an update on these tiny ripples in the fabric of space-time".
If it is direct confirmation of their existence, it's kind of a big deal.
Every Star Trek or Doctor Who enthusiast will have heard of space-time - the very fabric of our universe.
Einstein's theory upended Newton's understanding of gravity by showing that matter and time were inextricably linked. Rather than gravity being an instantaneous attraction between objects across infinite space, Einstein showed that space-time was the four-dimensional structure of the universe whereby matter, energy and gravity were all mediated through space-time, with interactions limited to no faster than the speed of light.
Gravitational waves are an inevitable conclusion drawn from this theory.
Read the article and you might conclude it's a total crock. Apparently they are going to measure a gravity wave based upon it's lengthening affect upon one leg of their L shaped Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory.
Basically they are expecting one leg of their Observatory to increase in length because of the affect of GW's. How long will this increase in size be?
Wait for it. 10,000 times less than the smallest width of a proton. And this will prove grav waves?
from the The Age

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