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Stories about: gravitational wave

Colossal Black Hole Seen Drifting Away from Home Galaxy It has been theorized some time ago that supermassive black holes may be ejected from their galaxy during a galactic collision. However, until now such event remained unobserved. When two or more galaxies merge into a single one their supermassive black holes may also merge, albeit the energy released during such a p... 30 April 2008 02:52 GMT Next Generation Gravitational Wave Detectors to Use Squeezed Light There are quite a few large laser interferometers in the world today, including the two LIGO detectors in the US, specially constructed to test the existence of gravitational waves, distortions in the fabric of space-time determined by gravitational interactions between very massive cosmic bodies, such as the merging... 14 April 2008 04:00 GMT