Gravitational Waves
by Nasa/bernard J. Kelly (goddard And Univ. Of Maryland Baltimore County), Chris Henze (ames) And Tim Sandstrom (csc Government Solutions Llc)/science Photo Library
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Gravitational Waves
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Nasa/bernard J. Kelly (goddard And Univ. Of Maryland Baltimore County), Chris Henze (ames) And Tim Sandstrom (csc Government Solutions Llc)/science Photo Library
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Photograph - Photograph
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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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May 8th, 2022
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