Black Hole Collision Data Reveals a Surprising Discovery - Another Object!
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- Discovery hints at black hole "assembly lines" orbiting supermassive centers, explaining high merger rates.
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I joined in part for the same reason I joined Fraser Cain's Patreon. I understand that YouTube is a bad partner for people who do good work putting honest content on the web. Thanks for this story.
Respect for being able to explain all this science in a way that people like myself that never were able to go to college. I passed on a love of science and teaching to my daughter. She now teaches chemistry and biology honors classes one college prep to high school students. She is an adjunct at a college teaching chemistry labs.
Wonderful as always Anton. Thank you. 😼👍
Right, it is notable that while the first observation made by LIGO was shortly after it was turned on, the scientists were not expecting anything significant for many years.
I can't believe it's been 10 years since the detection of gravitational waves. It seems so much more recent than that. Most of us will never travel fast enough to experience noticeable time dilation, but we do seem to experience it with age!
Thank you anton we apperciate your videos!
Hopefully insurance will cover it.
It's the music of the spheres.
Mr. President a third object has hit the black hole
Anton - I’m so grateful for your channel! I love learning about science, especially outer space. But I’m as fascinated as you are across the spectrum of sciences!! Rock on!!
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Top Comments (10)
I joined in part for the same reason I joined Fraser Cain's Patreon. I understand that YouTube is a bad partner for people who do good work putting honest content on the web. Thanks for this story.
Respect for being able to explain all this science in a way that people like myself that never were able to go to college. I passed on a love of science and teaching to my daughter. She now teaches chemistry and biology honors classes one college prep to high school students. She is an adjunct at a college teaching chemistry labs.
Wonderful as always Anton. Thank you. 😼👍
Right, it is notable that while the first observation made by LIGO was shortly after it was turned on, the scientists were not expecting anything significant for many years.
I can't believe it's been 10 years since the detection of gravitational waves. It seems so much more recent than that. Most of us will never travel fast enough to experience noticeable time dilation, but we do seem to experience it with age!
Thank you anton we apperciate your videos!
Hopefully insurance will cover it.
It's the music of the spheres.
Mr. President a third object has hit the black hole
Anton - I’m so grateful for your channel! I love learning about science, especially outer space. But I’m as fascinated as you are across the spectrum of sciences!! Rock on!!