Gravitational Wave
- Visualizations by:
- Krystofer Kim
- Written by:
- Jeanette Kazmierczak
- Produced by:
- Scott Wiessinger
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Two black holes orbit around each other and generate space-time ripples called gravitational waves in this animation. As the black holes get closer, the waves increase in frequency. Eventually, the event horizons merge into a peanut-shaped object, generating one very high-frequency wave. Within a rotation, the black holes merge completely. One lower-frequency wave, called the ring down, ripples out after the merger.
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab
Animator
- Krystofer Kim (KBRwyle) [Lead]
Science writer
- Jeanette Kazmierczak (University of Maryland College Park) [Lead]
Scientists
- Bernard J. Kelly (UMBC)
- James Ira Thorpe (NASA/GSFC)
Producer
- Scott Wiessinger (KBRwyle) [Lead]
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