Friday, October 13, 2017

gravity - speed of gravitational waves



Do gravitational waves have a certain speed? Is it the speed of light or infinite, or am I misunderstanding what a gravitational wave is? I think it is a ripple in spacetime caused by interactions between objects, but i could be wrong.



Answer




As I understand it, it is the speed of light.


As to what gravity actually is, oh boy, now that's a question. Physicists are still trying to work it into the Standard Model.


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