Astronomers may have picked up the first signals from giant black holes spiralling in on each other.
Further study might give new insights into the role supermassive black holes play in the evolution of all galaxies.
"But with these new observations we could see such a merger for the first time. And that directly will tell us how the most massive black holes form," she said. Dr Stanislav Babak from Laboratory APC at CNRS, France, said gravitational waves carried information about ''some of the best-kept secrets of the Universe".
Their gravitational upheaval is so powerful that it distorts time and space - a process that can continue for billions of years until the supermassive black holes finally merge.
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