Gravitational waves are ripples in the fabric of spacetime caused by the collision of massive objects, like two black holes. They're like the cosmic equivalent of a cat in a bathtub, but without the hairballs.
When two objects collide, they create a disturbance in spacetime that travels at the speed of light. It's like a cosmic game of billiards, but with more math and less pool tables.
The detection of gravitational waves has opened up a whole new way of studying the universe, like looking at the universe through a pair of binoculars, but with more gravitational waves and less bird-watching.
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