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msk-lywenn 6 days ago

Can black holes even collide? I guess their horizons can merge somehow... Probably a spectacular show.

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20k 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

Disclaimer: This is my own work

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doS85Mh78Vc

This is what they look like when they merge, its pretty darn cool

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ryandamm 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That’s precisely what LIGO measures, the gravitational waves from black hole mergers (or neutron star mergers, etc).

	▲	bookofjoe 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		>Cosmic Heavyweights Collide – LIGO Detects Largest, Fastest-Spinning Black Holes Yet https://scitechdaily.com/cosmic-heavyweights-collide-ligo-de...

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boothby 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I love to contemplate galactic-scale synchrotrons that accelerate supermassive charged black holes to collide at relativistic speeds. The thought never really goes anywhere, but I'm sure it'd be a spectacle to behold.

	▲	jfengel 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		It would be just about the only way we could get the data required to resolve the contradictions between the Standard Model and general relativity. The unification energy is simply stupendous.