Ride the Gravitational Waves of a Black Hole Merger | Visualization

Monday, April 18, 2016 - 16:11 in Astronomy & Space

Two black holes - each about 30x more massive than pour sun – distort space-time as they spin towards each other. When they merge, gravitational waves peak, then "ringdown" as the newly-produced larger black hole settles.

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