How to make gravitational waves ‘sing’
Interstellar’s massive black hole would create unique signal when gobbling smaller partner
![illustration of a black hole's accretion disk](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/041916_ec_interstellar_free.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
NEW WAVE If the supermassive black hole from the film Interstellar were real, scientists might be able to detect a unique signature of its gravitational waves as it swallowed a companion. This visualization shows the fictional black hole’s accretion disk.
James et al /Class. Quantum Grav. 2015 (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)