On February 11, LIGO - the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory - is expected to announce at the National Press Club in Washington DC they have detected gravitational waves from colliding black holes. Some call it the most important breakthrough in modern science.
As expected, such a major novelty comes with intense multicontextual (i.e. symbolic/synchronistic) "whispers". In this article I'd like to quickly point out how this scientific discovery interacts with and was foreshadowed by the passing of David Bowie (Jan 10) and the Super Bowl (Feb 07).
Though a lot has already been said about the heavy symbolism of David Bowie's passing accompanied by his new song/video & album, Blackstar...
...no one seem to have paid attention to the typical depiction of
gravitational distortion on the cover of the
Blackstar single (song):
Per Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, massive objects like planets and stars warp the fabric of spacetime around it, producing an invisible pull called "gravity".
Gravity was discovered by Isaac Newton supposedly when he saw an apple fall from a tree...
...resonating with Super Bowl 50:
- A black star quarterback named "Newton" took a big fall
UPDATES:
- The Black Panther Party's founder/original leader was named Newton (Huey P. Newton)
- David Bowie in the 1976 film The Man Who Fell to Earth played the main character named Thomas Jerome Newton
- Bowie's Blackstar (song) was used as opening music for the television series The Last Panthers directed by Johan Renck who also directed the music video for Blackstar. [h/t reader Szabolcs]
Gravity (Newton/apple) and black star(s)...
[Left: Blackstar single cover | Right: Blackstar album cover]
Notice the "black star" creating a "gravity well" is invisible in the Blackstar single cover art... a la Planet X or more pertinently here a black hole.
1.
Planet XStrong evidence for the existence of Planet X or "Planet Nine" was announced on January 20th, 2016, mere 10 days after the passing of
David Bowie and 12 days after the release of his new album
Blackstar.
The scientists did not see the planet. Instead, they
inferred its existence from examining the peculiar clustering of six previously known objects that orbit beyond Neptune, theorizing that the clustering has been caused by the
gravitational pull of the hidden giant, Planet Nine/X. An invisible planet - a "black star" - leaving behind only gravitation effects.
2.
Black HoleBlack holes, by definition, are invisible. They are "black" because not even light can escape their extreme
gravity. Not surprisingly
"black star" or
"dark star" is a scientific term for what is essentially a
black hole, i.e. a star whose
gravity is strong enough to trap light.
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It is in this context that we are seeing this announcement about gravitational waves from colliding black holes, 4 days after Super Bowl 50.
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