File:Black Hole Merger.jpg

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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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Public domain This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.)
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current00:08, 15 February 2016Thumbnail for version as of 00:08, 15 February 20163,000 × 2,250 (1.15 MB)Huntster (talk | contribs)Full resolution from Chandra website.
19:58, 11 June 2007Thumbnail for version as of 19:58, 11 June 2007500 × 375 (34 KB)Medium69 (talk | contribs){{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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