Researchers have detected a signal from what may be the most massive black hole merger yet observed in gravitational waves. The product of the merger is the first clear detection …read more Source:: Science
Tag: LIGO
LIGO and Virgo observatories jointly detect black hole collision
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•The first observation of gravitational waves has been discovered by by three different detectors, marking a new era of greater insights and improved localization of cosmic events now available through …read more Source:: Science
Did the LIGO gravitational waves originate from primordial black holes?
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•Binary black holes recently discovered by the LIGO-Virgo collaboration could be primordial entities that formed just after the Big Bang, report Japanese astrophysicists. If further data support this observation, it …read more Source:: Science
LIGO’s twin black holes might have been born inside a single star
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•On September 14, 2015, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) detected gravitational waves from the merger of two black holes 29 and 36 times the mass of the Sun. Such …read more Source:: Science