Highly eccentric black-hole merger is identified in LIGO–Virgo observation
Black holes probably had a chance encounter in a dense star cluster
Read article: Highly eccentric black-hole merger is identified in LIGO–Virgo observation
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Black holes probably had a chance encounter in a dense star cluster
Read article: Highly eccentric black-hole merger is identified in LIGO–Virgo observation
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