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Gravity Waves Visualized
Remember what we said yesterday about us featuring art? Well, today we've got some science for you.
Gravitational waves were detected last week, proving the final component of Einstein's theory of general relativty. What does this actually mean? Ph.D Comics has a helpful visualization:
There's another cool gravity visualization from a few years ago, via Dan Burns' high school class:
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