Astronomy Picture of the Day · April 16, 2021

The Doubly Warped World of Binary Black Holes

The Astronomy Picture of the Day for April 16, 2021 is “The Doubly Warped World of Binary Black Holes,” a video. It is credited to Scientific Visualization Credit: NASA , Goddard Space Flight Center , Jeremy Schnittman and Brian P. Powell – Text: Francis Reddy. The original explanation runs about 252 words.

From the explanation

“Light rays from accretion disks around a pair of orbiting supermassive black holes make their way through the warped space-time produced by extreme gravity in this stunning computer visualization.”

— APOD editors, April 16, 2021

Read the full explanation on science.nasa.gov

At a glance

Date: April 16, 2021
Type: Video
Credit: Credit: Scientific Visualization Credit: NASA , Goddard Space Flight Center , Jeremy Schnittman and Brian P. Powell – Text: Francis Reddy
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Explanation length: About 252 words

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Source

Astronomy Picture of the Day, April 16, 2021 — science.nasa.gov/image-article/apod-2021-april-16-the-doubly-warped-world-of-binary-black-holes

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