Albert Einstein Is Proven Correct Again!

Einstein’s Gravitational Theory Proven! After 100 years of theory and decades of experiments, astronomers have detected gravitational waves directly for the first time. The finding not only confirms yet another aspect of Albert Einstein’s theory of, known as general relativity, but it also opens another avenue for researchers to observe and study the universe. They have detected gravitational waves. Before crashing together, the black holes were 1.3 billion light-years away and 36 and 29 times our Sun's mass. Afterward, the new combined black hole has only 62 solar masses, with a mass difference of 5,000 supernovas' worth of energy which radiated away as gravitational waves. These ripples open a new window on the universe, allowing astronomers to hear in the darkest regions of space where telescopes yield no information. Black holes infamously impossible to observe directly, they emit no light. But with gravitational waves, astronomers can probe and will discover black holes completely invisible to traditional observatories. Along with this there will surely be new surprises as well.
This is one of the biggest scientific discoveries of the decade, if not the century. There’s already talk of Nobel prizes!
Albert Einstein was an incredible genius! That’s the short of it. Jeff
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The Night Sky Jan, 2016

5 planets are visible with the naked eye in the east before sunrise this week. You will be dazzled by the brightness of Venus and how prominent Jupiter is. I really enjoy looking for elusive Mercury as it hugs close to the horizon. Mars will appear bigger and brighter than at any other time since 2005 as it approaches opposition in May. It will become large enough that I will be able to see the white polar caps and other surface features through my telescope. Wait for those phony postings about it being larger than the full Moon once again. LOL