02-12-2016, 10:59 AM
(02-12-2016, 01:38 AM)Tachyon Wrote: LIGO detected the gravitational waves from a 29 solar mass black hole inspiraling to collision with a 36 solar mass black hole at half the speed of light, 1.3 billion light years away.
Dumb question: is there independent verification of that event?
I understand two LIGO detectors spotted the event, but did any other instrument - gamma ray or x-ray satellites maybe - see it?
Mike Miller, Materials Engineer
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"Everbody's always in favor of saving Hitler's brain, but when you put it in the body of a great white shark, oh, suddenly you've gone too far." -- Professor Farnsworth, Futurama