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Gravitational Waves and the Study of Black Hole Formation and Evolution
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What are gravitational waves?
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Ripples in spacetime caused by the acceleration of massive objects
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Gravitational waves are disturbances in spacetime that are caused by the acceleration of massive objects. They propagate through the universe at the speed of light, carrying information about the objects that produced them.