Neutron Star Merger Gravitational Waves and Gamma Rays
The merging of two neutron stars was detected by gravitational waves and then by telescopes in all parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. This is a historic detection as it demonstrates: -...
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Due to the crazy technological challenges that had to be overcome in order to detect gravitational waves,some people were skeptical that scientists had actually done it, that they'd actually seen gravitational waves from black holes - after all, there was no corroboration.But, after the discovery that's being announced today, there can be no more doubt, because scientists have detected the merging of twoneutron stars a hundred and thirty million light years away.This is the first ever detection of gravitational waves from in-spiraling neutron stars,and what's really exciting about this detection is that the same event has been observed with telescopes in all areas of the electromagnetic spectrum.It all began on August 17th at 8:41 a.m.Eastern Time...
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Due to the crazy technological challenges that had to be overcome in order to detect gravitational waves,some people were skeptical that scientists had actually done it, that they'd actually seen gravitational waves from black holes - after all, there was no corroboration.But, after the discovery that's being announced today, there can be no more doubt, because scientists have detected the merging of twoneutron stars a hundred and thirty million light years away.This is the first ever detection of gravitational waves from in-spiraling neutron stars,and what's really exciting about this detection is that the same event has been observed with telescopes in all areas of the electromagnetic spectrum.It all began on August 17th at 8:41 a.m.Eastern Time...
