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		BubbleRings on June 19, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Astronomers see a black hole awaken in real time > …now radiating much more light at ultraviolet… I noticed that too <grin> Is this too far away to try to detect the gravitational waves, if it made some? I forget, do gravitational waves travel at C?

danparsonson on June 19, 2024 [–]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gravitational_wave_o...

Seems well within range; and yes they travel at C - there have been some LIGO observations that were successfully correlated with more traditional (e.g. optical or radio) observations.

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