Source class
Binary Black Hole Merger
The merger of two black holes spiralling together — the most common gravitational-wave source detected, and usually a purely gravitational event with no light. The first ever direct detection, in 2015, was of such a merger over a billion light-years away.
Highlights
- ›The first gravitational-wave source ever detected
Detectors, messengers & sources
Across multi-messenger astronomy
Knowledge connections
- Associated withGravitational-Wave Detection
- Associated withGravitational waves
- Associated withGravitational-Wave Transient Catalog
- Associated withThe History of Gravitational Waves
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- LIGO Scientific CollaborationLIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration
Direct detections of gravitational waves from compact-object mergers.