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[https://blackholesathome.net/ '''''BlackHoles@Home'''''] will be a '''''[[wikipedia:Volunteer computing|volunteer distributed computing]]''''' project ~~that needs~~ your ~~help~~ to ~~run Black~~ hole ~~collision~~ simulations ~~to maximize the~~ science ~~gained~~ from gravitational wave observations.[[File:Image.png|thumb|<small>BlackHoles@Home numerical grid structure, which is ~100x more efficient than other techniques (requiring supercomputers), enabling black hole inspiral and merger calculations to be performed on consumer-grade hardware.</small>]]

[https://blackholesathome.net/ '''''BlackHoles@Home'''''] will be a '''''[[wikipedia:Volunteer computing|volunteer distributed computing]]''''' project seeking your assistance to execute simulations of black hole collisions. These simulations help us extract important science from gravitational wave observations of colliding black holes.[[File:Image.png|thumb|<small>BlackHoles@Home numerical grid structure, which is ~100x more efficient than other techniques (requiring supercomputers), enabling black hole inspiral and merger calculations to be performed on consumer-grade hardware.</small>]]

== Why BlackHoles@Home? ==

The two-body problem, which governs the motion of two orbiting point masses bound by gravity, can be solved on the back of an envelope in Newtonian physics. In Einsteinian gravity, the two-body problem consists of two orbiting black holes. Due to the extreme complexity of solving Einstein's equations of gravity (general relativity), it took 90 years (1915-2005) to compute the motion of two orbiting black holes, and the feat was only made possible with the aid of supercomputers. Unlike Newton's understanding of gravity, general relativity predicts that two orbiting black holes will emit gravitational waves. Since this emission saps the orbital energy from the black holes, they will inspiral and merge to form a single, bigger black hole.

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-[https://blackholesathome.net/ '''''BlackHoles@Home'''''] will be a '''''[[wikipedia:Volunteer computing|volunteer distributed computing]]''''' project that needs your help to run Black hole collision simulations to maximize the science gained from gravitational wave observations.[[File:Image.png|thumb|<small>BlackHoles@Home numerical grid structure, which is ~100x more efficient than other techniques (requiring supercomputers), enabling black hole inspiral and merger calculations to be performed on consumer-grade hardware.</small>]]
+[https://blackholesathome.net/ '''''BlackHoles@Home'''''] will be a '''''[[wikipedia:Volunteer computing|volunteer distributed computing]]''''' project seeking your assistance to execute simulations of black hole collisions. These simulations help us extract important science from gravitational wave observations of colliding black holes.[[File:Image.png|thumb|<small>BlackHoles@Home numerical grid structure, which is ~100x more efficient than other techniques (requiring supercomputers), enabling black hole inspiral and merger calculations to be performed on consumer-grade hardware.</small>]]
 == Why BlackHoles@Home? ==
 The two-body problem, which governs the motion of two orbiting point masses bound by gravity, can be solved on the back of an envelope in Newtonian physics. In Einsteinian gravity, the two-body problem consists of two orbiting black holes. Due to the extreme complexity of solving Einstein's equations of gravity (general relativity), it took 90 years (1915-2005) to compute the motion of two orbiting black holes, and the feat was only made possible with the aid of supercomputers. Unlike Newton's understanding of gravity, general relativity predicts that two orbiting black holes will emit gravitational waves. Since this emission saps the orbital energy from the black holes, they will inspiral and merge to form a single, bigger black hole.