In 2023, astronomers detected a cosmic blast so powerful it released more energy than ALL THE STARS IN THE UNIVERSE COMBINED.
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In 2023, astronomers detected a cosmic blast so powerful it released more energy than ALL THE STARS IN THE UNIVERSE COMBINED. The cause: two black holes colliding and merging… which is a problem, because they were way bigger than we thought possible.
The biggest black hole merger ever detected so far rocked the Universe
The gravitational waves they emitted were fiercely powerful, but where did the black holes come from?
Bad Astronomy Newsletter (badastronomy.beehiiv.com)
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In 2023, astronomers detected a cosmic blast so powerful it released more energy than ALL THE STARS IN THE UNIVERSE COMBINED. The cause: two black holes colliding and merging… which is a problem, because they were way bigger than we thought possible.
The biggest black hole merger ever detected so far rocked the Universe
The gravitational waves they emitted were fiercely powerful, but where did the black holes come from?
Bad Astronomy Newsletter (badastronomy.beehiiv.com)
@badastro I heard a rumor that one of the black holes was the mass of all the socks I have lost in the dryer. I fear for the inverse because I have kept all the mismatched socks in the back of my closet….
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In 2023, astronomers detected a cosmic blast so powerful it released more energy than ALL THE STARS IN THE UNIVERSE COMBINED. The cause: two black holes colliding and merging… which is a problem, because they were way bigger than we thought possible.
The biggest black hole merger ever detected so far rocked the Universe
The gravitational waves they emitted were fiercely powerful, but where did the black holes come from?
Bad Astronomy Newsletter (badastronomy.beehiiv.com)
@badastro here’s what I don’t get - as an observer approaches the event horizon of a black hole, the passage of time is supposed to slow an almost infinitely slow crawl.
So how do we detect a black hole collision? Shouldn’t their merger stop from our point of view when their event horizons converge? -
In 2023, astronomers detected a cosmic blast so powerful it released more energy than ALL THE STARS IN THE UNIVERSE COMBINED. The cause: two black holes colliding and merging… which is a problem, because they were way bigger than we thought possible.
The biggest black hole merger ever detected so far rocked the Universe
The gravitational waves they emitted were fiercely powerful, but where did the black holes come from?
Bad Astronomy Newsletter (badastronomy.beehiiv.com)
@badastro I do not want to worry about this.
