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This numerical simulation is part of a series depicting orbiting black holes and represents the first time that three-quarters of a full orbit has been computed. The simulations show the merger of two black holes and the ripples in space time--known as gravitational waves--that are born of the merger.
Image credit: Scientific contact by Ed Seidel (eseidel@aci.mpg.de); simulations by Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert-Einstein-AEI); visualization by Werner Benger, Zuse Institute, Berlin (ZIB) and AEI. The computations were performed on NCSA's It
