Recently, scientists observed the merger of giant ‘blackholes’ billions of lightyears away from the Earth. What is the significance of this observation?
Higgs boson particles' were detected.
'Gravitational waves' were detected.
Possibility of inter-galactic space travel through 'wormhole' was confirmed.
It enabled the scientists to understand 'singularity'.
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UPSC IAS – 2019
A) Higgs boson particles were detected at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, which is unrelated to black hole mergers.
C) While black holes and general relativity are related to the concept of wormholes, the detection of gravitational waves from a merger does not confirm the possibility of inter-galactic space travel through wormholes.
D) Observing black hole mergers and the resulting gravitational waves provides insights into the nature of gravity in extreme conditions, but it does not directly enable scientists to understand the singularity at the heart of a black hole, which remains a theoretical concept under current physics.