cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/19188088

A collaboration of researchers including UBC scientists have observed gravitational waves from the collision of what is most likely a neutron star and an object likely to be a light black hole, 650 million light-years from Earth.

  • @NocturnalMorning
    6•6 months ago

    I thoroughly enjoy them calling it a light black hole, as if black holes are just on another scale of massive.