About 130 million years ago, in a galaxy far away, two neutron stars collided. The cataclysmic crash produced gravitational waves, ripples in the fabric of space and time. This event is now the 5th observation of gravitational waves by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory (LIGO) and Virgo collaboration, and the first detected that was […] The post First Cosmic Event Observed in Both Gravitational Waves and Light appeared first on Universe Today.
First Cosmic Event Observed in Both Gravitational Waves and Light
Universe Today - 16 Oct 2017 23:04
About 130 million years ago, in a galaxy far away, two neutron stars collided. The cataclysmic crash produced gravitational waves, ripples in the fabric of space and time. This event is now the 5th observation of gravitational waves by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory (LIGO) and Virgo collaboration, and the first detected that was […] The post First Cosmic Event Observed in Both Gravitational Waves and Light appeared first on Universe Today.
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