> ...meaning that energy equivalent to about 1 solar mass was emitted as gravitational waves during the collision. Damn. That's something like 179 100 000 000

> ...meaning that energy equivalent to about 1 solar mass was emitted as gravitational waves during the collision. Damn. That's something like 179 100 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 J That's an insane amount of energy. It's equivalent to what you would get if you converted the entire mass of the sun into pure energy.