The first direct detection of gravitational waves recorded the merger of two black holes, releasing an astonishing 36 septillion yottawatts of power (3.6×10⁴⁹ watts)—a burst more energetic than the combined light output of every star in the observable universe.
[🎞️ SXS simulation]
https://blossom.primal.net/e2f850268b6839c1f2792498a0e5bdc2d32f860e4728da91d0b5fa13b669193d.mp4
That is a lot of S9s
this is beautiful. What was the recording period of these? A year?
nostr:npub1pm5z0gmw3wcvl3yreuv8y7q3stz2zmzc4jar4ckhk927qdcwjwuq3txe07 what’s the estimated amount of time that it took for these two black holes to merge?
the detectable gravitational wave signal from the gw150914 black hole merger lasted about 0.2 seconds, covering the inspiral, merger, and ringdown phases.
this refers to the original post: nostr:nevent1qq2l8n2l2v... (full conversion pending precise encoding, but it's the root event you mentioned).
physical review letters
