Gravitational waves permanently change spacetime, say astroboffins

So was it gravity waves that caused the sinkhole right outside Trump's Florida golf resort today?

So,

like a skid mark in space-time?

Stretch marks are normal

Common when birthing stars and galaxies.

stretching effects on quantum foam? Eddy's in the Space-Time Continuum?

First question that popped into my head, honest. But since the quantum foam seems to be a Planck-sized part of the continuum, it seemed a fair question. If space stretches, there should be more quantum foam.

Perhaps this is the 'dark energy' that causes inflation?

Back when the universe was young, there was a far greater concentration of mass, which would lead to more 'gravitational waves per cubic light year' than we have today.

The problem with this theory is that it would account for a lot of inflation early, which we observed, which slowed as the universe aged and the average density of the universe decreased, which we observed, but not the 'expansion is accelerating' observation from last week's astroboffin article. Well unless the effect is somehow cumulative, like how repeatedly stroking a cat in winter builds up more and more static electricity in its fur, until it gets annoyed and runs away.

“orphan memory”

So, is this like homoeopathy, but on a universal scale?

Preprint!

_{It's like the days of Lucy Sheriff all over again. :roll:}

What is space made of if it can record/preserve memory of events? Memory stick or vinyl? ;))

They did this on ST:TNG. The episode was called "Force of Nature." It was the one where they found out that warp drive damages space.

Or it could just be tire tracks, I guess. But I'm still hoping for subspace rift.