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Did a Starry “Mosh Pit” Spawn LIGO’s Gravitational Waves?

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Much to their surprise, scientists are finding dozens of black holes deep within densely packed collections of stars called globular clusters. Astrophysicists are using a record-breaking computer simulation to learn their secrets, including whether the clusters gave rise to recently observed ripples in space-time.

May 29, 2017