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Gravitational wave

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Space has tiny ripples.

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Quadrupol Wave.gif
They move very fast. Big things in space make them. These ripples help us learn. They show us the stars. Can you feel them?
Warped Space and Time Around Colliding Black Holes (Courtesy Caltech-MIT-LIGO Laboratory, produced by SXS project).webm
Warped Space and Time Around Colliding Black Holes (Courtesy Caltech-MIT-LIGO Laboratory, produced by SXS project).webm

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Warped Space and Time Around Colliding...
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The Gravitational wave spectrum Sources...
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Artist’s impression of merging neutron stars.jpg
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