My first Magazine Sky & Telescope - 01.2019 | Page 25

MAKING WAVES This artist’s concept
shows two black holes en route to merg-
ing. Their inspiral creates ripples in the
fabric of spacetime that propagate out
from their location at the speed of light.
Astronomers are watching dozens
of cosmic timepieces for signs of
spacetime ripples passing through.
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