Black hole collisions are some of the most powerful and destructive things in the universe. In February of this year, the world got to hear one for the first time. A team of astronomers from around the world, led by Dr. Katie Mack from the University of Melbourne, announced that they had detected the sound…
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Sound Of Black Holes Colliding
In a galaxy far, far away, two black holes are about to collide. Scientists have long suspected that when two black holes merge, they produce a sound that is far too low-pitched for the human ear to hear. But a new study confirms that this “cosmic symphony” does in fact exist, and has released a…
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What happens when two black holes collide? A new study sheds light on the subject. When two black holes merge, they create a new, larger black hole. This new black hole has a much higher tone than the two original black holes. The new study, which was conducted by a team of researchers at the…
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What happens when two black holes collide? On September 14, 2015, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) detected gravitational waves for the first time. These waves were created when two black holes collided 1.3 billion years ago. Now, a new study has used the sound of that collision to create a “virtual black hole.” The…
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