Black holes vibe together in a cosmic love story for Valentine's Day written in the stars

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February 14, 2025, 2:53 PM

• •A new simulation shows that black holes in dense star clusters align their spins before merging.
• •This discovery could explain mysterious signatures seen in gravitational wave signals detected by LIGO and Virgo.
• •The research runs contrary to previous theories that suggested black holes have random and chaotic spins.

A new simulation reveals how dancing black holes can "vibe" with one another, forming a cosmic love story that is literally written in the stars. The discovery could explain mysterious signatures seen in gravitational wave signals detected by the Laser Interferometer, Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), and its co-detector Virgo.

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