massive black holes collision 7 billion years ago

Bilge_Rat · 09-03-20, 02:29 PM

fascinating…

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Imagine the energy of eight Suns released in an instant.

This is the gravitational "shockwave" that spread out from the biggest merger yet observed between two black holes.

The signal from this event travelled for some seven billion years to reach Earth but was still sufficiently strong to rattle laser detectors in the US and Italy in May last year.

Researchers say the colliding black holes produced a single entity with a mass 142 times that of our Sun.

This is noteworthy. Science has long traced the presence of black holes on the sky that are quite a bit smaller or even very much larger. But this new observation inaugurates a novel class of so-called intermediate-sized black holes in the range of 100-1,000 Sun (or solar) masses.

The analysis is the latest to come out of the international LIGO-VIRGO collaboration, which operates three super-sensitive gravitational wave-detection systems in America and Europe

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53993937

p.s. - yes, I am a science nerd.

mapuc · 09-03-20, 05:03 PM

Except History program I can't get enough of Science program especially those who is about our Universe.
And not to forget Quantum Mechanics which I try to understand in it's fully.

I'm fascinated by it.

Grumpy Pete · 09-03-20, 05:29 PM

I'm really glad I wasn't in the neighborhood to witness that!

vienna · 09-03-20, 08:06 PM

Well, we all know the black hole that collided from the rear is always at fault...

...gonna be a heck of a collision claim...

<O>

Mr Quatro · 09-03-20, 09:30 PM

The future looks bright for more knowledge
However flesh and blood can not inherit heaven
Therefore we may never know ...

in fact we never even know who won WWIII

Jimbuna · 09-04-20, 03:27 AM

Tis way beyond my level of comprehension how these events are known and understood.

Catfish · 09-04-20, 03:49 AM

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Originally Posted by vienna

Well, we all know the black hole that collided from the rear is always at fault...
...gonna be a heck of a collision claim...<O>

All evidence has been intentionally annihilated...

09-03-20, 08:06 PM	#4
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09-04-20, 03:27 AM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,645 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Tis way beyond my level of comprehension how these events are known and understood. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

09-03-20, 05:03 PM	#2
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,541 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Except History program I can't get enough of Science program especially those who is about our Universe. And not to forget Quantum Mechanics which I try to understand in it's fully. I'm fascinated by it.

09-03-20, 05:29 PM	#3
Grumpy Pete Shore leave Join Date: Jun 2020 Posts: 70 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	I'm really glad I wasn't in the neighborhood to witness that!