The Fabric of Space Time
[caption id="attachment_5108" align="alignright" width="440"] Fabric of Space Time - GNU Free Documentation License Version 1.2 by LobStoR[/caption] This morning I read the Quantum Day article "Binary White Dwarf System J0651 Emits Gravitational Waves". It says just as sound waves require a medium such as air to travel through, gravitational waves as predicted by Einstein though as yet undetected would require a medium of travel as well. That medium would be the so-called fabric of space time. Quirky Ideas Though I am not certain such a fabric exists, I feel it is one of the more believable concepts in modern physics. I decided to speculate on the nature of that fabric. Is it absolutely continuous and smooth? Or might it only appear such, as air and water appear smooth, when they…