Hat of the week, Beanie
Hello all and a tip of the hat to you all, it is I the Top Hat man with another science news weekly recap for you all.
This week in the news:
1) Einstein's gravity waves might be found through different methods. If you are familiar with Einstein's famous General theory of relativity, then you know of the concept of Space time and that space time can be shaped and bent by gravity. Mass distorts the field of space time according the amount of mass the object has. The ripples in space time are caused by the mass of the object.
If stars are affected by the gravitational ripples then the stars would absorb a large amount of energy resulting in the star becoming brighter for a period of time. By judging the unnatural brightness of the star, the gravitational waves can be determined if they exist.
2) Humanity is not that far away from reaching the age where science fiction becomes a reality for humanity. Tractor beams, the famous beams of energy that pull star ships into the bay of larger star ships. Technology long though to be pure fiction, however recent studies manipulating heat energy show that tractor beams are definitely possible. While large scale tractor beams are far off, small scale beams that can move a few particles are being experimented with.
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