Artist's Rendition of a Binary-Star Merger (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Artist's Rendition of a Binary-Star Merger

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Cataclysmic events, such as this artist's rendition of a binary-star merger, are believed to create gravitational waves that cause ripples in space-time.

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