Is it possible that speed of a gravitational waves are greater than c?

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The discussion centers on whether gravitational waves could travel faster than the speed of light (c), particularly in the context of black holes and their event horizons. It is noted that while the escape velocity at a black hole's event horizon exceeds c, this does not imply that gravitational waves can exceed this limit. The conversation emphasizes that General Relativity, which has consistently passed experimental tests, predicts gravitational waves travel at c, and this prediction is supported by observations of binary pulsars. Speculation about alternative theories that might allow for different speeds of gravitational waves is considered, but the consensus leans towards the established understanding that they propagate at light speed. The need for direct observation of gravitational waves to confirm their speed remains a significant point of interest.
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justwondering said:
"So if I tug on a string of space-time, it's not individual atoms moving, it's a continuous string so as I pull on my end, the other end moves simultaneously."

Can't be simultaneous across our universe! The 'ends' are in question also.

Are you quoting someone in the thread? If so, you can just hit the "Quote" button on their post.
 
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Nothing in this universe moves 'instantly' at the other end when you push/pull it. It's called Young's modulus, in case you were curious.
 
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Ok, while i still processing this, the following questions emerged :

"It is clear that two events that are simultaneous in frame S (satisfying Δt = 0), are not necessarily simultaneous in another inertial frame S′ (satisfying Δt′ = 0). Only if these events are colocal in frame S (satisfying Δx = 0), will they be simultaneous in another frame S′."

That takes the assumption, that gravity isn't absolute spacetime.

http://library.thinkquest.org/C0116043/specialtheorytext.htm

That takes the assumption, that not just local time, not just a ruler's size, but distance itself is dependant on light.Is there any experiment, that invalidates, that gravity is absolute spacetime?http://vixra.org/pdf/1110.0037v1.pdf

That says the working of GPS shows that c is constant in the frame of gravity field.
Not constant to everything that moves. (Like Earth's surface. MM experiment doesn't showed Earth's rotation due to the length contradiction of the interferometer's arm.)

What do theese calculations say about the following dilemma i read : there is a fast moving train, observer A on the train, observer B is on the ground.
You light two bulbs at the begin and end of the train.
Is it possible, that both A and B see both lights at the same time?
 

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