🚨 Imagine two titans of the universe smashing together in total darkness—scientists just confirmed the biggest black hole collision ever detected! The energy released? Beyond comprehension—ripples in spacetime itself, felt across the cosmos. This isn’t just a record-breaking cosmic crash—it’s a window into mysteries we’re only beginning to understand. How massive can black holes really get? What happens when they merge? And what secrets are hidden in the gravitational waves they send our way? Join us as we dive into this mind-bending discovery that proves the universe is louder, stranger, and more violent than we ever dreamed. Credit: Doomed Neutron Stars: NASA Goddard / YouTube, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Doomed_Neutron_Stars_Create_Blast_of_Light_and_Gravitational_Waves_x_Akn8fUBeQ.webm The Time Machine / Warner Bros. Record-Breaking Burst: By NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio – Francis Reddy, Elizabeth Hays, Brad Cenko, Scott Wiessinger – https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14227, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_Missions_Detect_Record-Breaking_Burst_(SVS14227).webm 1-In-10,000-Year Gamma-ray Burst: By NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio – University of Maryland College Park/Francis Reddy, KBR Wyle Services, LLC/Scott Wiessinger, NASA/GSFC/Brad Cenko, Louisiana State University/Eric Burns – https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14317, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_Missions_Probe_What_May_Be_a_1-In-10,000-Y[…]_Burst_(SVS14317_-_Oct_9_GRB_Bubble_Final_1080_12fps).webm Gamma-ray Bursts: By NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio – eMITS/Scott Wiessinger, University of Maryland College Park/Francis Reddy, University of Maryland College Park/Jeanette Kazmierczak, NASA/GSFC/Brad Cenko – https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14738, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:What_Are_Gamma-ray_Bursts-_(SVS14738).webm Turning Black Holes: By NASA Goddard / YouTube, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_-_Turning_Black_Holes_into_Dark_Matter_Labs_n_HlPxZUkIo.webm Primordial Black Holes: By NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio – KBR Wyle Services, LLC/Scott Wiessinger, ADNET Systems, Inc./Ashley Balzer, NASA/GSFC/Jeremy Schnittman, University of Maryland College Park/Francis Reddy – https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14524, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Primordial_Black_Holes_(SVS14524).webm Star-destroying Black Hole: By NASA Goddard/ YouTube, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TESS_Catches_its_First_Star-destroying_Black_Hole_85tdoDt1Qh0.webm Biggest Black Holes: By NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio – Krystofer Kim, Jeremy Schnittman, Francis Reddy, Jeremy Schnittman, Scott Wiessinger, Sophia Roberts – https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14335, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_Animation_Sizes_Up_the_Universe%E2%80%99s_[…]VS14335_-_A_SMBHSizeComparison_withtext_4k_vFinal_v2).webm Christmas burst: By NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christmas_burst_red_giant_%26_neutron_star.ogv
Black Holes and Their Companions: By NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio – SSAI/Andrew J Christensen, NASA/GSFC/Mark SubbaRao, NASA/GSFC/Jeremy Schnittman, KBR Wyle Services, LLC/Scott Wiessinger, University of Maryland College Park/Francis Reddy, ADNET Systems, Inc./Laurence Schuler, ADNET Systems, Inc./Ian Jones, NASA/GSFC/Greg Shirah – https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4997, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black_Holes_and_Their_Companions_Close_Up_(SVS4997_-_H1705).webm Colliding Galaxies: By NASA, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colliding_Galaxies_Create_Active_Galactic_Nuclei.ogv Two Black Holes Colliding: By LIGO Lab Caltech : MIT / YouTube, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Sound_of_Two_Black_Holes_Colliding.webm CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0: Two Black Holes Merge: LIGO Lab Caltech : MIT / Youtube, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Two_Black_Holes_Merge_into_One_-_video.webm Binary Neutron Star Merger: Bruno Giacomazzo / YouTube Simulation of GW170104: By SXS Collaboration / Youtube, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Simulation_of_GW170104.webm Last Dance of Neutron Star Pair: By Bruno Giacomazzo / YouTube, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GW170817-_Last_Dance_of_Neutron_Star_Pair.webm CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/: Tuning fork: By brian0918, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1891967
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