Stellar palaeontology

Stellar palaeontology

A third gravitational-wave signal has been detected with confidence, produced again by the merger of two black holes. The combined data from these detections help to reveal the histories of the stars that left these black holes behind.

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature (London) 2017-07, Vol.547 (7663), p.284-285
Hauptverfasser: Mandel, Ilya, Farmer, Alison
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Black holes
Gravitational waves
Gravity
Humanities and Social Sciences
Milky Way
multidisciplinary
news-and-views
Science
Stars
Stars & galaxies
Stellar evolution
Supernova
Universe
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Zusammenfassung:A third gravitational-wave signal has been detected with confidence, produced again by the merger of two black holes. The combined data from these detections help to reveal the histories of the stars that left these black holes behind.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/547284a