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A bounty of potential gravitational wave events hints at exciting possibilities

Most are probably false alarms, but some could be spacetime ripples that are extra hard to spot

illustration of gravitational waves forming around two black holes spiraling around one another

One way that gravitational waves (shown in this illustration) are stirred up is when two black holes spiral around one another and collide.

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By Emily Conover

- More than 2 years ago

A new crew of potential ripples in spacetime has just debuted — emphasis on the word “potential.”