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> If 2 black holes collide - they join together. Presumably though some of the matter "escapes" as energy released during the merger, in the form of gravitatio
by umvi 2y ago
> If 2 black holes collide - they join together.
Presumably though some of the matter "escapes" as energy released during the merger, in the form of gravitational waves.
- ArnoVW 2y agoYes. If memory serves this is the first event that LIGO detected. Two black holes of 20-30 solar masses each, joining and releasing 1-2 solar masses worth of gravity. Which resulted in the earth (and space) being stretched by less than a fraction of a proton. And we measured it...
- okanat 2y agoInterferometers are just magical in their accuracy.
- nomel 2y agoMerging black holes release more energy than anything else in the universe: https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/merging-supermassive-black-holes/ https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/merging-supermassive...
- mr_toad 2y agoI thought the energy came from the gravitational potential between the two black holes.