中文翻譯:
在遙遠的宇宙中，有一個非常神奇的故事發生了！兩顆巨大的黑洞，像兩位在空中跳舞的舞者，它們各自有著太陽33倍的重量，最後它們緊緊地攏在一起，變成了一顆更大的黑洞，重量達到了63個太陽的重量。這就好像有兩位好朋友緊緊相擁，變成了一個更大的、充滿力量的朋友！這個神奇的事件發生在距離我們一億光年的地方。儘管如此，這個訊號仍然如此強大，以至於科學家們能夠非常準確地知道這兩顆黑洞是如何轉動的，甚至還能夠聽到它們合併時的“嗡嗡”聲！科學家們還發現，這顆新的黑洞的周圍部分比之前的兩顆黑洞的面積還要大，這是一個非常特別的發現哦！想像一下，在那個神秘的地方，一幅藝術家的插圖描繪了在碰撞之前，一顆黑洞的美麗景象！
原文:
It was the strongest gravitational wave signal yet measured — what did it show? GW250114 was detected by both arms of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) in Washington and Louisiana USA earlier this year. Analysis showed that the event was created when two black holes, each of mass around 33 times the mass of the Sun, coalesced into one larger black hole with a mass of around 63 solar masses. Even though the event happened about a billion light years away, the signal was so strong that the spin of all black holes, as well as initial ringing of the final black hole, was deduced with exceptional accuracy. Furthermore, it was confirmed better than before, as previously predicted, that the total event horizon area of the combined black hole was greater than those of the merging black holes. Featured, an artist’s illustration depicts an imaginative and conceptual view from near one of the black holes before collision.
來源:NASA每日圖片
