Merging

The BBHs dance... That's where our story begins! Meet Blacky, a small monster who lives in space. He's got friends called binary black holes (BBHs). Imagine these BBHs as cosmic ballerinas twirling around each other.

Technical definition

The process by which two objects, such as black holes or neutron stars, are brought together by gravity and become one.

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