Milky Way’s black holes will affect future space travel – Travel Wires

With the recent mass discovery of such entities, made by physicists from the University of California, Irvine, the matter raises even more intense discussions.

By accurately inspecting the data detected by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO), the scientists discovered that when big stars die out they create black holes with similar gravitational waves the observatory tracked.

Moreover, through the tracing of ripples in space-time, the researchers concluded that there may be more than 100 million more black holes out-there in the Milky Way, much more than previously calculated.

James Bullock, professor of physics and astronomy and co-author of the recent study explained: "We were able to work out how many big black holes should exist, and it ended up being in the millions many more than I anticipated. Fundamentally, the detection of gravitational waves was a huge deal. But then we looked closer at the astrophysics of the actual result, a merger of two 30-solar-mass black holes. That was simply astounding and had us asking, 'How common are black holes of this size, and how often do they merge?'".

The recent discovery is expected to significantly interfere with future generations eager to conquer space. The study was published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society journal.

Source: express.co.uk

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