Message #18992

[Jitendra Hydonus]

A phenomen related to binary neutron stars is that of gravitational waves. Gravity spreads out in the space  like ripples on a Pond's surface.

Such waves are usually so small to be undetectable, if they were strong they would cause an effect similar to an earthquake.

They've been theorized by Einstein in 1916 .
In 1993, hulse & Taylor were awarded the nobel prize for giving evidence of gravitational waves generated by a binary pulsar system (one is a pulsar, the other si a neutron star which might also be a pulsar with the beam not focused on earth).

Below, an artistic depiction of a binary pulsar system like the Hulse-Taylor system. just A couple of immense stellar beacons.

Look at the background. Sometimes I see this cloudy dust of stars in the nite sky and I realize I am part of the great patience. Spirituality requires great patience -  patience with ourselves and patience  with others. Patience in our understanding and discovery into the great unknown