This Is What It Looks Like When Black Holes Collide

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A new visualization method shows the twists in space-time, called vortices,thrown off after two block holes merge. Theoretical physicist and black holeguru Kip Thorne says he gets about one greatidea every 10 years. He recently unveiled what he considers the latest of theseonce-in-a-decade doozies: a new way tovisualize how black holes stretch and bend the fabric of space-time…

Image: A new visualization method shows the twists in space-time, calledvortices, thrown off after two block holes merge.

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