> Because the recently detected signal was so clear, Mitman and his colleagues could zoom in on a fleeting stage after the merger known as the “ringdown.” During this phase, the newly formed black hole briefly vibrates — much like a struck bell — emitting gravitational waves in distinct patterns, or “tones,” that encode key properties of the black hole, including its mass and spin.
That’s all there really is here. Higher resolution allows astronomers to see more of the phenomena predicted by theory.
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> Because the recently detected signal was so clear, Mitman and his colleagues could zoom in on a fleeting stage after the merger known as the “ringdown.” During this phase, the newly formed black hole briefly vibrates — much like a struck bell — emitting gravitational waves in distinct patterns, or “tones,” that encode key properties of the black hole, including its mass and spin.
That’s all there really is here. Higher resolution allows astronomers to see more of the phenomena predicted by theory.
That is enough.