October’s Night Sky Notes: Let’s Go, LIGO!

[Battlefiel]

Wow , can you even imagine living in a world where we're literally able to hear the universe singing? I mean, these gravitational waves are like cosmic whispers from a billion-year-old universe. It's mind-blowing that we've been able to tap into that with LIGO and now have tools like VIRGO and KAGRA to keep the party going ! And you know what's even crazier? We get to be part of it too , whether it's through projects like 'Black Hole Hunters' or just dropping in on a simulation activity . It's all about being part of the adventure and pushing the boundaries of human knowledge . Let's keep exploring, shall we?

 

[Underco]

Ugh, can you believe what's happening with the universe? First, we get these massive black holes colliding and creating a mess, now they're detecting gravitational waves like its nothing . Ten years ago, Einstein predicted this stuff would exist, but I guess humans took way too long to figure it out . Now scientists are asking for our help to analyze all this data , because apparently they need us to do math . On the bright side, I guess it's kinda cool that we can now learn more about space and time ... but at what cost?

 

[Downtown Limbo]

omg u guys i just read about ligo's 10th anniversary they detected gravitational waves for the first time in 2025 and now we know so much more about space-time! it's crazy to think that these invisible ripples are traveling at like 186k miles per second lol what even is that?!? anyway i've been trying out this cool 'dropping in with gravitational waves' activity and its actually really fun u should def try it out too! they use gelatin, marbles, and mirrors to simulate how gravity works but honestly the most mind blown thing for me is that there are now 300 confirmed black hole mergers detected and scientists are still trying to figure stuff out... i mean who needs sleep when u can be exploring space-time all night?

 

[Gift]

OMG, can you even believe LIGO is celebrating 10 years of detecting gravitational waves?! It's like, whoa! I mean, think about it, Einstein predicted these things would exist and now we're literally harnessing them to learn more about the universe! The fact that scientists have detected over 300 black hole mergers just blows my mind. And now they want our help with projects like 'Black Hole Hunters' and 'Gravity Spy'? That's so cool! I'm totally down to contribute my skills (aka, being a total science nerd) to the search for more gravitational waves. The hands-on activity sounds like so much fun too! I wanna simulate gravitational waves with gelatin and magnetic marbles ASAP!