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What causes gravitational waves?

What causes gravitational waves?

Gravitational waves are ‘ripples’ in space-time caused by some of the most violent and energetic processes in the Universe. The strongest gravitational waves are produced by cataclysmic events such as colliding black holes, supernovae (massive stars exploding at the end of their lifetimes), and colliding neutron stars.

How much did LIGO cost?

LIGO has cost American taxpayers about $1.1 billion. That is how much the National Science Foundation has spent on the project over the past 40 years, according to the Times.

Who owns LIGO?

Tungs
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How does LIGO Virgo work?

LIGO and Virgo make first detection of gravitational waves produced by colliding neutron stars. Discovery marks first cosmic event observed in both gravitational waves and light.

Can we generate gravitational waves?

Every massive object that accelerates produces gravitational waves. This includes humans, cars, airplanes etc., but the masses and accelerations of objects on Earth are far too small to make gravitational waves big enough to detect with our instruments.

How many black hole collisions were detected by LIGO Virgo?

The LIGO and Virgo collaborations have now confidently detected gravitational waves from a total of 10 stellar-mass binary black hole mergers and one merger of neutron stars, which are the dense, spherical remains of stellar explosions.

What happens when two supermassive black holes collide?

As these black holes collide, they produce ripples or waves thought space, called gravitational waves. Last week, scientists announced that two black holes, one weighing about 66 times the mass of the Sun, and the other about 85 times, merged together to form a 142 solar mass black hole.

Where are LIGO sardines?

the Philippines
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