After Black Holes Collide, a Puzzling Flash

10/03/2016 22 min
After Black Holes Collide, a Puzzling Flash

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A satellite spotted a burst of light just as gravitational waves rolled in from the collision of two black holes. Was the flash a cosmic coincidence, or do astrophysicists need to rethink what black holes can do? The post After Black Holes Collide, a Puzzling Flash first appeared on Quanta Magazine