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Looking Skyward: Black Hole Collisions Produce Light

CAI | By John Basile
Published July 6, 2020 at 1:31 PM EDT
Caltech/R.Hurt/IPAC
For the first time, astronomers have detected light from a black hole collision.

In this edition of Looking Skyward, Dr. Regina Jorgenson discusses the detection of light emitted by the collision of two black holes. 

Please note: The eclipse mentioned in this report took place on July 5, 2020. Learn more here.

Looking Skyward airs every other Thusday on WCAI. 
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John Basile
John Basile is the local host of All Things Considered weekday afternoons and a reporter.
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