• Question: What do you think gravitional waves can be used for?

    Asked by x=juanB to Peter on 14 Nov 2016.
    • Photo: Peter Boorman

      Peter Boorman answered on 14 Nov 2016:

      Fascinating question! I think gravitational waves can be used as a separate way of calculating the masses of two things colliding in the Universe. For this reason, they may be very useful in working out how heavy objects such as black holes or neutron stars are.

      Peter

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