Sentences with phrase «first black hole collision»

Almost as soon as the detectors were turned on — even before scientific data - taking had formally begun — scientists detected the minuscule undulations of their first black hole collision.

Not exact matches

Because LIGO was able to detect two of these gravitational wave events within its first few months of running, scientists are confident that these sorts of black hole collisions are actually pretty common in our neighborhood.

The cuddled - up pair are closer to each other than any other known black hole duo, providing astronomers a first peek at the final stages of a possible collision.

Current theories suggest that the seeds of these black holes were the result of either the growth and collapse of the first generation of stars in the Universe; collisions between stars in dense stellar clusters; or the direct collapse of extremely massive stars in the early Universe.

LIGO's breakthrough discovery offers up new ways to test relativity, black hole collisions, dark energy, the first stars in the universe, and more

Through these efforts, astronomers are attempting to understand recently discovered phenomena such as the first detections of gravitational waves from neutron star collisions and the accompanying electromagnetic fireworks as well as regular stars being engulfed by supermassive black holes.

But 2016's announcement of the first detection of gravitational waves, produced 1.3 billion years ago in the collision of two monstrous black holes, has given scientists a whole new way of observing the heavens.

The star got too close to its galaxy's central black hole about 290 million years ago, and collisions among its torn - apart pieces caused an eruption of optical, ultraviolet and X-ray light that was first spotted by scientists in 2014.

Since that first detection, scientists have observed three more black hole collisions.

The first two detections of gravitational waves generated by the collision of two black holes were reported last year.

Gravitational waves were discovered only in 2016 and the first detection of these ripples in spacetime were caused by the collision of black holes.

LIGO announces the first discovery of strong gravitational waves from a collision of two black holes

Researchers have «dissected» the mysterious gases oozing from two supermassive black holes on the verge of collision in galaxy NGC 6240 for the first time.

Last week, the ultrasensitive telescope her team built detected gravitational waves for the first time, created from the collision of two black holes some 1.3 billion years ago.