Physicists detect gravitational waves from a newborn black hole

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For the first time, astronomers recorded the gravitational waves generated by the formation of a new black hole.

According to a study published Wednesday in the journal, the waves, which emanated from the cosmic newborn as the sound waves of a bell, are the first of their kind to be detected and studied. Letters of physical examination. Researchers said in a MIT press release that this "resounding ring" confers additional credibility on Einstein's theory of general relativity.

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According to the press release, the waves released by the newborn black hole confirm Einstein's prediction that black holes have only three observable properties: mass, spin and electric charge. Scientists were able to probe gravitational waves for black hole mass and spin values ​​that corresponded to other observations of the black hole.

"We all expect general relativity to be correct, but that's the first time we confirm it in this way," said Maximiliano Isi, an astrophysicist at MIT in a press release.

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