Black Hole Collisions Tell a Tale of Repeating Mergers

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A black hole merger is one of the Universe's most energetic and massive events.

During such a collision, two black holes orbit closer and closer until they collide and become a much more massive black hole.

The event also gives off radiation and, as it happens, gravitational waves.

They help tell the story of the two objects involved in the collision.