File:Black Hole Merger.jpg
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English: This illustration shows a stage in the merger of two galaxies that forms a single galaxy with two centrally located supermassive black holes surrounded by disks of hot gas. The black holes orbit each other for hundreds of millions of years before they merge to form a single supermassive black hole that sends out intense gravitational waves.
Français : Vue d'artiste de deux trous noirs fusionnant
Latviešu: Mākslinieka zīmējums, kurā attēlota divu melno caurumu saplūšana
Magyar: Két szupermasszív fekete lyuk ugyanabban a galaxisban |
| Source | http://chandra.harvard.edu/resources/illustrations/quasar.html (image link) |
| Author | NASA/CXC/A.Hobart |
Note: video simulation of actual black hole mergers also available - see Category:GW150914.
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| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
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| current | 08:12, 14 September 2025 | | 500 × 375 (34 KB) | wikimediacommons>Pivotman319 | Reverted to version as of 19:58, 11 June 2007 (UTC): "full resolution" version was upscaled from the original 500x375px image |
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