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hubes95

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How can detection and study of gravitational waves enhance our understanding of the universe?
 
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The rilles found in Ovda Regio are evidence of:
 
  A) ancient river beds.
  B) plate tectonics.
  C) something akin to sea-floor spreading.
  D) ancient oceans.
  E) lava flows.



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Answer to Question 1

Gravitational waves are produced in some of the more exotic events found in astronomy. Examples include (1 ) the merger of a binary-star system, (2 ) the collapse of a star into a black hole, and (3 ) the collision of two black holes. Also, a binary system with two neutron stars could produce significant amounts of gravitational radiation. A study of this radiation can tell us much about the physical conditions of these objects and events. They are also predicted by Einstein in his General Theory of Relativity.

Answer to Question 2

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