Black Hole Dance (IMAGE)

California Institute of Technology

Black Hole Dance

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This simulation shows how a black hole merger would appear to our eyes if we could somehow travel in a spaceship for a closer look. It was created by solving equations from Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity using LIGO data from the event called GW150914.

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SXS, the Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes (SXS) project

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