Gravitational waves from merging black holes might be spotted within 10 years

Ripples around two merging black holes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DmCkeK_YU4

https://phys.org/news/2017-11-gravitational-merging-supermassive-black-holes.html New research published November 13 in Nature Astronomy predicts that gravitational waves generated by the merger of two supermassive black holes will be detected within 10 years. The study is the first to use real data, rather than computer simulations, to predict when such an observation will be made. via Gravitational waves from merging supermassive black holes will be spotted within 10 years, study predicts.

Tuesday November 14th 2017