Twin Black Holes inside a single star - how weird is that?!

Credit: Swinburne Astronomy Productions

Two weeks ago I reported what could very well be the greatest 'history making' discovery in the past 100 years - the evidence of Gravitational Waves.  These waves, produced by the merger of two massive black holes, were detected by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) instrument in September. Now it appears that the two black holes might have resided inside a single, massive star whose death generated the gamma-ray burst. 

Read more at: Phys.Org

New research suggests that the two black holes might have resided inside a single, massive star whose death generated the gamma-ray burst.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2016-02-ligo-twin-black-holes-born.html#jCp

New research suggests that the two black holes might have resided inside a single, massive star whose death generated the gamma-ray burst.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2016-02-ligo-twin-black-holes-born.html#jCp

New research suggests that the two black holes might have resided inside a single, massive star whose death generated the gamma-ray burst.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2016-02-ligo-twin-black-holes-born.html#jCp