Newly-detected gravitational waves are revealing the complex lives of black holes
 

Newly-detected gravitational waves are revealing the complex lives of black holes
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For millions of years, two incredibly massive stars orbited one a**ther in a distant part of space.*

The stars lived their lives circling one a**ther as companions (or possibly frenemies). Eventually, those two stars reached the ends of their lives, collapsing to form two black holes that continued to orbit one a**ther for millions more years.*

The two black holes spiraled ever-closer to one a**ther until one day something amazing happened: they merged.*

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According to a new study in the journal Nature this week, that may be the most likely scenario for how the two black holes that created the first ripples in space and time detected by humanity came to be. Read more...


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