Third Black-Hole Merger Proves (Yet Again) That Einstein Was Right
June 2, 2017 By Sarah Pruitt
Beyond the Big Bang: Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein redefined our understanding of gravity and the universe with his revolutionary theories of relativity.
It may have happened some 3 billion light-years away, but we’re still feeling the aftershocks of the latest cosmic clash. Scientists announced this week that the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) has again detected gravitational waves, or ripples in space and time, caused by the collision of two black holes in outer space. This extraterrestrial merger formed an enormous pit of darkness, with some 49 times the mass of the sun.
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