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  1. …in reply to @GEddolls
    GEddolls WilfWonders ninaneedsspace Agree with GEddolls... also: Gravitational waves are small ripples on a slowly changing background (like how waves on a beach come quickly but tides vary over several hours). If the sun vanished, it wouldn't be 'small', but the change would still travel at the speed of light.
    1. …in reply to @davidjamesweir
      GEddolls WilfWonders ninaneedsspace In some sense: Special relativity = everything has a speed limit, the speed of light General relativity = everything _including gravity_ has a speed limit, the speed of light