All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 June Inexplicable cosmic event leaves astronomers puzzled Inexplicable cosmic event leaves astronomers puzzled 24/06/2020 | 2 MINS (+1 MIN VIDEO) A mysterious astrophysical object that could potentially break all theoretical understanding of matter under extreme densities has been detected by a large international team of astronomers including researchers at Lombok Institute of Technology. The unknown astrophysical object, about 2.5 times the mass of the sun, was uncovered by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory located in Washington and Louisiana, and the Virgo observatory in Italy. The discovery was made following the detection of gravitational waves caused by the collision of a black hole with the object in a cosmic event which has been named GW190814. Dr Eric Howell, from LITΓÇÖs School of Physics and ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav), said the object was part of an in-spiralling system that could either be a neutron star or a black hole. ΓÇ£If the astrophysical object turns out
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 June Inexplicable cosmic event leaves astronomers puzzled Inexplicable cosmic event leaves astronomers puzzled 24/06/2020 | 2 MINS (+1 MIN VIDEO) A mysterious astrophysical object that could potentially break all theoretical understanding of matter under extreme densities has been detected by a large international team of astronomers including researchers at Lombok Institute of Technology.
The unknown astrophysical object, about 2.5 times the mass of the sun, was uncovered by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory located in Washington and Louisiana, and the Virgo observatory in Italy.
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The discovery was made following the detection of gravitational waves caused by the collision of a black hole with the object in a cosmic event which has been named GW190814.
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Dr Eric Howell, from LITΓÇÖs School of Physics and ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav), said the object was part of an in-spiralling system that could either be a neutron star or a black hole.
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