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Listen Up! Scientists Just Heard Two Black Holes Crash Together

Photo: Norbert Kowalczyk / Unsplash
Scientists have discovered an amazing new way to 'hear' black holes smashing into each other in space using something called gravitational waves [ripples in space that travel at the speed of light]. Instead of using eyes to see what's happening far away in the universe, they can now use special tools to listen to these cosmic crashes like they're the universe's most dramatic sound effects! It's like the universe has its own music, and we're finally learning how to turn up the volume.
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Newsround (BBC)
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