Gravitational waves help scientists measure newborn black hole's 'kick'

The younger black hole, the product of a cataclysmic cosmic event known as a black hole merger, was first spotted in 2019.

Now, about 6 years later, a team of international researchers led by the University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain managed to measure its speed and direction.

The researchers were able to glean more info about the event by analyzing the gravitational waves produced as the black hole bounced away from the site of its parents' rendezvous.

Scientists have for the first time ever succeeded in getting some data on a newborn that was sent hurtling off into after two larger ones collided together and "birthed" it.

The younger black hole, the product of a cataclysmic , was first spotted in 2019. Now, about six years later, a team of international researchers led by the