Astronomers observe gravitational waves giving high-speed kick to black hole - The Indian Express

The newly-formed black hole was launched at that high speed by gravitational waves, which are ripples in space-time caused by massive objects moving with high accelerations.

Astronomers have observed a cosmic event where two black holes merged into one and the subsequent gravitation waves gave the newly formed black hole a high-speed kick at close to 5 million kilometres… [+1938 chars]

full article...