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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.

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