INVENTING LIGO

[@brahmburgers]

I am awe-struck at the abilities and perseverance of the men and women who made LIGO happen.

[@muhammedramees-n4c]

It's incredible to see how science and technology can push the boundaries of our understanding of the universe.

[@Langkowski]

This makes me proud of the Western civilization

[@lamb4lifexox]

i love this series !! thank you!

[@SkyDarmos]

We need more documentaries like this. I knew the history of gravitational wave detection already quite well, because one of the first books I read on physics, was Kip Thorne's book, which focuses a lot on gravitational waves, at a time when they were very far from being detected. It is a very good historic physics book, which has focuses a lot on the relationship between US and Russian researchers. Kip Thorne is fluent in Russian. What I didn't remember from the book is that Germany was involved so much.

[@MrIvair]

sensacional, 1/10 bilionésimo do comprimento de onda da luz , chega a ser inacreditável.

[@kA-dc6zq]

When I see professor Kip Throne, I like to cry for some while. He is an idle for me. He reminds me of the great physicist Stephen Hawking. I love them both. ❤❤❤❤

[@SciD1]

When I think about it, I'm shocked at how so many people have fallen for this scam...

[@drmantistoboggan2870]

How is it a scam?

[@Neb2117]

To ask SciD1 such a question is pointless as they would be unable formulate a coherent response. This is the same sad existence, void of understanding and imagination, that feels the moon landings were faked. How sad to struggle through life oblivious to the beauty of the world in which one exists. As they roll their eyes I feel only sorrow for their loss. So a few words of condolence…”There was a young lady named Bright, whose speed was far faster than light; She set out one day In a relative way and returned on the previous night.”

[@tomspotley5733]

The main thing I take away from this is how no single person takes any credit for any of the team’s achievements. Everyone is so modest.

[@johnnychunders864]

If LIGO had been in space a million miles away from those two colliding black holes it detected how big would the wave be?

[@HurricaneTroy]

I live 3 miles from LIGO in Livingston Louisiana

[@ludmilaclemente4294]

Os 3 a 5 por cento conhecido do universo é o limite de alcance dos telescópios

[@tunjaimerichli3008]

LIGO finds out facts beyond imagination.

[@Iniyean]

After watching #MRGK

[@FredericoClemente-xg1ws]

Continua na mesma as ondas gravitacionais são geradas pela deformação causada por um corpo super massivo girando.

[@charlesbromberick4247]

Didn´t my undergrad lab partner, Bernie Schutz, have something to do with this?

[@advancedligodocumentarypro442]

Yes! See our documentary, "LIGO", at 01:12:30, or 72:30. He's now at Cadiff Univ. in Wales, after heading the Max Planck Inst. for Gravitational Physics in Potsdam, Germany for many years.

[@charlesbromberick4247]

Thank you@@advancedligodocumentarypro442

[@vkorchnoifan]

Can anyone tell me what are the benefits of LIGO for the common person?

[@youcamp132]

It's basically a telescope that can see all directions and look for things we've never been able to see before. They also have the LIGO / VIRGO network tied to optical telescopes around the world. A major problem for optical telescopes to see catastrophic events in space is you have to actually be looking at them at the right time. Now with LIGO it senses these events and knows where they are. So withing seconds to minutes the optical telescopes will point at that part of the sky. We've never been able to do that before. They invented a new technology that pushed the limits of manufacturing and scientific understanding. Beyond the obvious, we don't know yet what else will come out of it.

[@marlinwicks3500]

There is not one benefit for common people. Get this: Gravity holds the bird on the ground when the bird wants to be on the ground, and when the bird is ready to fly, Gravity loosens its grip and permits the bird to fly. If that sounds silly to you, you're way ahead of these psuedo-intellectuals...

[@zerocompanyhq]

Entertainment. Education. Enlightenment. Existentialism.

[@advancedligodocumentarypro442]

Also, much of the instrumentation that LIGO invented to achieve its singularly precise laser-mirror measurements has migrated to industries where precise measurement is critical.

[@danielash1704]

I don't think it's ridicules you have the most important part of discovering a new system

[@schmetterling4477]

As a physicist I was more like "Yawn. We knew that gravitational waves had to be there.". As an astronomer I would be a little bit more excited. It's another window for precision black hole and neutron star mass surveys. That is great.

[@blucat4]

How about as an engineer? The sheer precision and accuracy of the instruments is truly astonishing. It's easy to "Yawn.", but that's dissing so many people and their amazing accomplishments, just scientifically, not to mention that they got it done in a bureaucratic environment with budget limitations. Cheers to all involved. Boo to the scoffers. 😉🙂

[@blucat4]

I got a notification that you had replied, but I can't see the full reply, either on my notifications or here. Did you delete it? This happens a lot with me, maybe it's a youtube bug? My reply seems to be doubled and yours is gone?? Anyway I got that you are involved and it gets boring, fair enough.

[@blucat4]

Now my reply seems to be tripled??? Google, get your act together .. I wonder if this will add another?

[@schmetterling4477]

@@blucat4 Engineering is not about accuracy. Engineering is about making something achieve a specific goal at the lowest possible cost.

[@blucat4]

@@schmetterling4477 My tripled reply is now gone. I don't know what's happening with KZbin. I still can't see your other reply, did you delete it? It would be helpful for me, to know. Anyway, if the specific goal needs a huge degree of accuracy, then Engineering is then about accuracy. But yeah, I get what you mean about it being at a lower cost, but dealing with that is also a great feat in itself, dealing with the bureaucracy. But I can see how that would get tedious or boring.

[@belowasmelashgebremariam]

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[@MiguelGarcia-gu1qt]

facts

[@polska905]

Massive waste of resources

[@belowasmelashgebremariam]

Reservation too

[@bussi7859]

Nobody got shocked