Tag: binary black holes
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Squashed Orbits Behind Black Hole Collision: Clues to How Mergers Formed
Unraveling the Origin Story of a Black Hole Merger Scientists have taken a crucial step toward understanding how a dramatic black hole collision came to be, by examining a merger that occurred on a surprisingly squashed, or eccentric, orbital path. Detected by the global gravitational-wave network run by LIGO in the United States and Virgo…
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Squashed Orbits Reveal Likely Origins of Black Hole Collision
Unveiling a Rare Cosmic Collision A cataclysmic collision between two black holes has offered astronomers a rare glimpse into how such binaries form. Detected as GW200208_222617, the event exhibited detectable orbital eccentricity—an oval-shaped path that is less common by the time black holes merge. This finding adds a crucial clue to the long-standing question of…