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From the July 2008 issue

When black holes merge

Numerical relativity researcher Manuela Campanelli describes the culminating moments of the merger of two black holes.
By Daniel Pendick | Published: July 25, 2008 | Last updated on May 18, 2023

Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

Manuela Campanelli, the director of the Rochester Institute of Technology’s Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation, heads of group of researchers who simulate the merger of black holes in a supercomputer.

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