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oppositelock on Oct 16, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: ESO Telescopes Observe First Light from Gravitatio...

Is it faster, or did the gravitational waves simply precede the GRB?

valarauca1 on Oct 16, 2017 [–]

You are correct. Waves come from the final in spiral, before the black hole forms.

The GRB is from the rapid in fall, and friction of neutron star matter falling into the black hole.

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