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“Spotters Guide” for Detecting Black Hole Collisions
Black holes are a region in spacetime where intense gravity prevents anything, even light, from escaping. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
When it comes to the many mysteries of the Universe, a special category is reserved for black holes. Since they are invisible to the naked eye, they remain visibly undetected, and scientists are forced to rely on “seeing” the effects their intense gravity has on nearby stars and gas clouds in order to study them.
That may be about to change, thanks to a team from Cardiff University. Here, researchers have achieved a breakthrough that could help scientists discover hundreds of black holes throughout the Universe.
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Post tags: advanced LIGO, Black Hole Spin, black hole wobbles, Black Holes, Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity, Gravitational Waves, Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, NASA, orbits of black holes
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