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When Black Holes Collide...
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When Black Holes Collide...

"a black circle with white circles"

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John_Stone Report This Comment
Date: April 21, 2006 02:56AM

Sorry for the small image, it was all I could find.
The important thing is to view this short NASA animation:

[www.nasa.gov]
messyflatmate Report This Comment
Date: April 21, 2006 11:16AM

I'm feeling lazy. What's the story on this? Looks more like something from my old screensaver than from outer space. Why's NASA got this? Yeah I know i should go look ...
John_Stone Report This Comment
Date: April 21, 2006 04:47PM

According to Einstein's math, when two massive black holes merge, all of space jiggles like a bowl of Jell-O as gravitational waves race out from the collision at light speed. Previous simulations had been plagued by computer crashes. The necessary equations, based on Einstein's theory of general relativity, were far too complex. But scientists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., have found a method to translate Einstein's math in a way that computers can understand
shaDEz Report This Comment
Date: April 28, 2006 06:36AM

that's fucking awesome