Sentences with phrase «hole merger sets»
Other stellar explosions called gamma - ray bursts can also briefly outshine the stars, but the explosive black - hole merger sets a mind - bending record, says Kip Thorne, a gravitational theorist at Caltech who played a leading role in LIGO's development.
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For a fourth time, physicists have spotted gravitational waves — ripples in space itself — set off by the merger of two massive black holes.
Gravitational waves are tiny ripples in space and time itself, set off by cosmic cataclysms such as the merger of two neutrons stars or black holes.
They suspect that gravitational waves, triggered by the merger of two supermassive but smaller black holes, set the stage for the black hole's expulsion.
Chiaberge and his team theorize that the merger of two galaxies set the stage for the black hole's expulsion.