Illustration of the gravitational waves emitted by two black holes orbiting each other. Yellow structures near the black holes illustrate the strong curvature of space-time in the region. Orange ripples represent distortions of space-time caused by the rapidly orbiting masses. These distortions spread out and weaken, ultimately becoming gravitational waves (purple). Space-time distortions radiate away orbital energy and cause the pair of black holes to contract, finally merging into a single black hole that settles into its 'ringdown' phase, where the final gravitational waves are emitted. | |
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Crédit: | Science Photo Library / Bernard J. Kelly (Goddard and Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County), Chris Henze (Ames) and Tim Sandstrom (CSC Government Solutions LLC) / NASA |
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