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Scientists Detect Gravitational Waves From Black Holes Devouring Neutron Stars
Scientists have discovered gravitational waves created by black hole and neutron star mergers for the first time after they discovered wave incident in January.
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Scientists have discovered gravitational waves created by black hole and neutron star mergers for the first time. In January 2020, a team of researchers discovered two gravitational wave incidents in a 10-day period from distances of more than 900 million light-years. The results of the research were reported in the Astrophysical Journal Letters journal. The Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation (CCRG) at Rochester Institute of Technology-assisted in identifying crucial aspects of the merger occurrences.
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Vivien Raymond, from Cardiff University in the UK, said that the shock results were fantastic . We have to go back to the drawing board and rewrite our theories, Professor Raymond said. We have learned a bit of a lesson again. When we assume something we tend to be proved wrong after a while. So we have to keep our minds open and see what the universe is telling us.
Black holes are astronomical objects that have such strong gravity, not even light can escape. Neutron stars are dead stars that are incredibly dense. A teaspoonful of material from a neutron star is estimated to weigh around four billion tonnes.