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Black hole collisions evade detection

Search for gravitational waves from galactic cores turns up empty

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MAKING WAVES  As supermassive black holes spiral together, they should radiate gravitational waves (illustrated) — spacetime ripples that have yet to be directly detected.

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By Christopher Crockett

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