Black hole collision detected by LIGO confirms another part of Einstein’s theory of relativity
Thursday, June 1, 2017 - 10:22
in Astronomy & Space
Scientists with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory, or LIGO, have detected the signal from a cataclysmic collision between two black holes that lie 3 billion light-years away – much farther than the previous two discoveries. The findings, described in a paper accepted to Physical...