For just the second time, LIGO has detected gravitational waves (ripples in space-time) from the merger of two neutron stars. The neutron stars — which each cram more than the mass of the Sun into a city-sized space — have a combined mass greater than any other pair of neutron stars ever observed.
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Submitted January 08, 2020 at 11:03AM by clayt6 https://ift.tt/2T39gXd
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For just the second time, LIGO has detected gravitational waves (ripples in space-time) from the merger of two neutron stars. The neutron stars — which each cram more than the mass of the Sun into a city-sized space — have a combined mass greater than any other pair of neutron stars ever observed.
![For just the second time, LIGO has detected gravitational waves (ripples in space-time) from the merger of two neutron stars. The neutron stars — which each cram more than the mass of the Sun into a city-sized space — have a combined mass greater than any other pair of neutron stars ever observed.]()
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