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Australian scientists pioneer new way to hear black holes colliding across the universe
7.30 By Graham Phillips and Gus Goswell
Updated 22 minutes ago
Australian scientists have developed a new methodology they say will allow astrophysicists to hear the clatter of black holes colliding with one another right across space and time.
The breakthrough by Melbourne researchers promises to shed new light on the early universe.
"We are not just seeing the black holes in our immediate neighbourhood, we are seeing black holes from the very early ages of the universe when stars were just being made," Monash University's Dr Eric Thrane told 7.30.
Every three minutes, somewhere in the universe, two black holes are colliding.
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-12/scientists-pioneer-new-way-to-hear-black-holes-colliding/9642656
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