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Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
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20-02-2016, 01:59 PM
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sjastro
A follow up Bojan's post
The effects of gravitational waves on us if the source was closer.
In summary we would have to more to worry about the effects of black hole tidal forces than the GWs themselves.
https://briankoberlein.com/2016/02/1...-is-too-close/
Interesting...
Do we have estimation how much energy was converted into GW since BB?
It may be a significant amount, and was "lost" ... except for gravitational effects (it become part of dark matter).
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