Spacetime wave orbits black hole

[hummingwolf]

This morning's fun science news: "Astronomers from MIT and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have seen evidence of hot iron gas riding a ripple in spacetime around a black hole. This spacetime wave, if confirmed, would represent a new phenomenon that goes beyond Einstein's general relativity."

The report goes on to talk about amusement park rides and Beach Boys CDs. No, really.

Comments

[jarandhel.livejournal.com]

I'm confused... the article says this goes beyond Einstein's theories, but one of the people quoted in the article says Einstein predicted this behavior of space-time around a black hole.

[helen99.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure (it's been a while since I took a physics class), but I think the laws of physics start breaking down at the event horizon of a black hole. Fascinating stuff. The article was probably not written by someone who thoroughly understood what was going on... it would be interesting to get hold of an article published by a more scientifically oriented article (goes off to find that subscription offer to "Scientific American").

[helen99.livejournal.com]

er.. I meant "a more scientifically oriented person". Doh.