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'A new way to study the edge of a black hole': Physicists just got the closest-ever look at a black hole's event horizon

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'A new way to study the edge of a black hole': Physicists just got the closest-ever look at a black hole's event horizon
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Scientists have found evidence that gravitational waves from a spectacular black hole collision carry signals from the very edge of the newly formed black hole. If confirmed by future observations, the discovery could provide an entirely new way to investigate what happens in the immediate vicinity of a black hole without ever observing it directly. In a new study, the researchers analyzed an exceptionally strong gravitational wave event known as GW250114. They identified a "direct wave," a sub

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