Zwei schwere #SchwarzeLöcher, die in schneller, exzentrischer Bewegung umeinander kollidierten und verschmolzen – das kann laut Forschenden @UniJena@twitter.com & @unito@twitter.com die Ursache für das #Gravitationswellen-Signal #GW190521 sein.

➡️ https://www.uni-jena.de/kollision-mit-schlagseite

#GW190521: Unexpected #BlackHoles Collide
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200908.html

#APOD

#astronomy Two articles, one published in the journal "Physical Review Letters" and one in "The Astrophysical Journal Letters", report various aspects of an analysis of the data collected by the #LIGO and #Virgo Collaborations on the merger between two black holes of which the gravitational waves have been detected in the event cataloged as #GW190521.
https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2020/09/03/gravitational-waves-detected-from-a-merger-that-generated-an-intermediate-mass-black-hole