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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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| current | 00:08, 15 February 2016 | | 3,000 × 2,250 (1.15 MB) | Huntster | Full resolution from Chandra website. |
| 19:58, 11 June 2007 |  | 500 × 375 (34 KB) | Medium69 | {{Information |Description={{en|An artist depiction of two black holes merging}} {{fr|Vue d'artiste de deux trous noirs fusionnant}} |Source=Taken from http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_060203.html credit is listed to NASA. |Date=2007-06-11 |
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