‘Alerts’ for black hole collisions can notify astronomers within 30 seconds of detection
In 2015, the iconic Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) made the first-ever tangible detection of gravitational waves. The waves were the result of two black holes colliding far out in the universe; Since then, a wealth of such signals have been observed from merging black holes, neutron stars, and even a few mixed mergers between … Read more