A bounty of potential gravitational wave events hints at exciting possibilities0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 5, 2021
Most are probably false alarms, but some could be spacetime ripples that are extra hard to spot
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ESO Telescopes Observe First Light from Gravitational Wave Source0
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- July 1, 2021
ESO’s fleet of telescopes in Chile have detected the first visible counterpart to a gravitational wave source. These historic observations suggest that this unique object is the result of the merger of two neutron stars. The cataclysmic aftermaths of this kind of merger — long-predicted events called kilonovae — disperse heavy elements such as gold and platinum throughout the Universe. This discovery, published in several papers in the journal Nature and elsewhere, also provides the strongest evidence yet that short-duration gamma-ray bursts are caused by mergers of neutron stars.
Gravitational waves reveal the first known mergers of a black hole and neutron star0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 30, 2021
An elusive source of ripples in spacetime has finally been found
Gravitational waves confirm a black hole law predicted by Stephen Hawking0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 15, 2021
The “area law” says that a black hole’s surface area cannot decrease over time
Eerie Stars of ‘Dark Matter’ May Be Behind Largest Gravitational Wave Detection Yet0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 2, 2021
On 21 May 2019, from a distance of 7 billion light-years away, our gravitational wave detectors were rocked by the most massive collision yet. From analysis of the signal, astronomers concluded that the detection was the result of two black holes smashing together, weighing in at 66 and 85 times the mass of the Sun respectively.
Big Black Holes Dominate New Gravitational-Wave Catalog0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 7, 2020
Gravitational-wave scientists have unveiled their latest catalog of events, revealing a surprising number of massive black holes.
LIGO and Virgo announce 39 new gravitational wave discoveries during first half of third observing run0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 30, 2020
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration released a catalog of results from the first half of its third observing run (O3a), and scientists have detected more than three times as many gravitational waves than the first two runs combined.
A ‘bang’ in LIGO and Virgo detectors signals most massive gravitational-wave source yet0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 4, 2020
A binary black hole merger likely produced gravitational waves equal to the energy of eight suns
Record-breaking gravitational waves reveal that midsize black holes do exist0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 3, 2020
Spacetime ripples reveal the most massive and most distant black hole collision yet
A black hole circling a wormhole would emit weird gravitational waves0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 29, 2020
Hypothetical tunnels in spacetime could show up in LIGO and Virgo data
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