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Cosmology (THE UNIVERSE) Part 1 Encore with Katie Mack

Ologies with Alie Ward

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Gravitational Waves: Ripples in Space-Time

Gravitational waves are ripples in the fabric of space-time created by the bending of space around massive objects moving in an accelerated way. When two black holes orbit each other and eventually merge, they create detectable gravitational waves that stretch and squeeze the space-time fabric, distorting shapes with a stretching and squeezing motion.

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