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Goddard TV Video Tape: G2012-082 -- Black Hole Merger Simulation

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Supercomputer models of merging black holes reveal properties that are crucial to understanding future detections of gravitational waves. This movie follows two orbiting black holes and their accretion disk during their final three orbits and ultimate merger. Redder colors correspond to higher gas densities. This version has music and on-screen labels. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/P. Cowperthwaite, Univ. of Maryland For complete transcript, click here . Simulations Uncover 'Flashy' Secrets of Merging Black Holes