The new masthead overnight is particularly fortuitous confluence of events. . . for it is Einstein's general relativity that is more solidly proven, as a fact, by the below light bursts, and billions of tons of gold and platinum formation, from the collision of two neutron stars -- to say nothing of the gravity wave observed.
And exactly 84 years ago, the man himself was among the "huddled masses, yearning to breathe free". . . this, while Trump reviews, endorses and signs secret reports -- the object of which is the banning of disfavored nationalities. . . where have we seen that behaviour, before? Hmmmm. . . . I'll let you decide, gentle readers.
In any event, from NASA, we offer this, as we wander off to sleep:
". . . .For the first time, NASA scientists have detected light tied to a gravitational-wave event, thanks to two merging neutron stars in the galaxy NGC 4993, located about 130 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Hydra.
Shortly after 8:41 a.m. EDT on Aug. 17, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope picked up a pulse of high-energy light from a powerful explosion, which was immediately reported to astronomers around the globe as a short gamma-ray burst. The scientists at the National Science Foundation’s Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) detected gravitational waves dubbed GW170817 from a pair of smashing stars tied to the gamma-ray burst, encouraging astronomers to look for the aftermath of the explosion. Shortly thereafter, the burst was detected as part of a follow-up analysis by ESA’s (European Space Agency’s) INTEGRAL satellite. . . ."
I am simply agog, with the white-hot light, and gravitational waves, of colliding neutron stars. . . . see ya' mañana. . . .
नमस्ते
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