Spinning black holes can be deformed by tidal forces, calculations reveal
17 Apr 2021
Bulging waves: artist’s impression of the gravitational waves given off by the merger of two supermassive black holes. ESA’s LISA space mission may be able to detect evidence of tidal distortions in black-hole mergers. (Courtesy: ESA)
Some spinning binary black holes can tidally deform as they merge together – according to new calc
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