black holes merging was equal to the energy of eight suns, sending shockwaves throughout the universe, it has been claimed by scientists.
The "massive gravitational wave source" was picked up by gravitational wave detectors. Its impact was felt throughout the universe as the first black hole was around 85 times greater than the mass of the sun, and the second around 66 times.
Teams from the National Science Foundation's Laser Interferometry Gravitational-wave Observatory (Ligo) in America, and the Virgo detector in Italy, have released a paper on the cosmic phenomena.When the two black holes collided a massive burst of energy was released.Scientists studying the wave believe the source is around 17 billion light years away from the Earth,.
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