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The gravitational wave background of the universe has been heard for the 1st time

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The gravitational wave background of the universe has been heard for the 1st time

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Space@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

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In a historic first, astronomers have detected low-frequency gravitational waves using a galaxy-sized antenna of millisecond pulsars in the Milky Way.

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Maybe I missed it, but does anybody know how fast they propagate? Light speed, or slower?
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  The speed of light

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