'Mosh pits' in star clusters a likely source of LIGO's first black holes
Wednesday, June 15, 2016 - 16:01
in Astronomy & Space
Northwestern University astrophysicists have predicted history. In a new study, the scientists show their theoretical predictions last year were correct: The historic merger of two massive black holes detected Sept. 14, 2015, could easily have been formed through dynamic interactions in the star-dense core of an old globular cluster.