These two black holes are just 40 orbits away from merging in this simulation of the light their environment emits as they dance.
- Credit: Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Scott Noble; simulation data, d'Ascoli et al. 2018
- Orginial by NASA - https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14146/
- Modfied by Camina Shell 2025
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