‘Extremely exciting’ signal coming from huge mystery object in outer space
by Andrew Griffin
Apr 06, 2024
2 minutes
Scientists have received an “extremely exciting” gravitational-wave signal from the distant universe.
The signal, found by scientists who detected ripples in the fabric of spacetime, is believed to have been caused when a merged with a mystery object. That object is remarkable to scientists because it is thought to be between 2.5 to 4.5 times the mass of our Sun – putting it in the “mass gap”.
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