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Space-Time “Ripples” Created by Merging Black Holes?
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Brian Handwerk
for National Geographic News
March 4, 2009
Two newfound black holes on the verge of crashing into each other could be creating “ripples” in the fabric of space-time, astronomers suggest.
The two supermassive black holes orbit each other about once a century, separated by just a third of a light-year—and they seem to be getting closer, a [...]
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Bursting at the Seams
Dramatic plumes, both large and small, spray water ice out from many locations along the famed 'tiger stripes' near the south pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus. The tiger stripes are fissures that spray icy particles, water vapor and organic compounds. This mosaic was created from two high-resolution images that were captured by the narrow-angle camera when NASA's Cassini spacecraft flew past Enceladus and through the jets on Nov. 21, 2009. Imaging the jets over time will allow Cassini scientists to study the consistency of their activity. Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
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