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Spinning black holes can be deformed by tidal forces, calculations reveal

17 Apr 2021
Supermassive black hole merger
Bulging waves: artist’s impression of the gravitational waves given off by the merger of two supermassive black holes. ESA’s LISA space mission may be able to detect evidence of tidal distortions in black-hole mergers. (Courtesy: ESA)
Some spinning binary black holes can tidally deform as they merge together – according to new calc

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Sam Jarman is a science writer based in the UK
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