Two black holes merge for ‘massive wave source’

A“massive gravitational wave source” from two black holes merging produced a blast equal to the energy of eight sun sand sent shockwaves through the universe, scientists have discovered.

Teams from the National Science Foundation’s Laser Interferometry Gr a vitati on al-wave Observatory (Ligo) in America, and the Virgo detector in Italy, have released a paper on the cosmic phenomena.

The gravitational wave detectors picked up the signal, which came from two black holes merging. The first black hole was around 85 times greater than the mass of the sun and the second around 66 times.

When the two black holes collided a massive burst of energy was released.

Scientists studying the wave believe the source is around 17 billion light years away from the Earth.