Black hole smashup generated yottawatts of power
36 septillion yottawatts were released during collision
![Black hole merger](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/031916_notebook_saywhat.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
VIOLENT OUTBURST At the moment two black holes merge, space and time get whipped up into a frenzy that generates more power than 100 thousand billion billion suns. The colors show how time slows near the black holes. Where color is red, time moves slower.
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