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Astronomers may have finally seen a star become a black hole
By Michael Greshko
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U.S. National Science Foundation
NSF
It's #BlackHoleWeek!
What happens when two black holes merge? Gravitational waves may help solve this mystery and NSF @NANOGrav is on a mission to find the answer.
Watch this video to learn more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2EKbvnee3o
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ESO
ESO
1/ It’s #BlackHoleWeek! ⚫🌌
This week we’ll show you what ESO telescopes 🔭 have been up to since last year in the study of black holes.
Starting with finding the link between the explosive deaths of massive stars and black hole formation! 💥🌌 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPImj75Zl10
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LIGO
LIGO
Gravitational-waves provide a unique way to study black holes
This Orrery (by @actualdrdoctor) illustrates the diverse black hole binaries and neutron star black–hole binaries from our O3b run. More massive binaries are shown as orbiting more slowly
#BlackHoleWeek pic.twitter.com/bO3PbNDY32
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LIGO
LIGO
How do we learn about black holes from gravitational waves? Key properties leave fingerprints in the gravitational-wave signal. This infographic from the LIGO Magazine explains more
www.ligo.org/magazine/LIGO-magazine-issue-8-extended.pdf#page=6
📊: @Gmv2_c4r @cplberry @bffarr
#BlackHoleWeek pic.twitter.com/NAsLIoUUdO
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