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The gravitational field between the two black holes was so strong that it had never been possible to test Albert Einstein's theory of General Relativity in such an extreme situation.
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It's interesting to note that the little black hole orbiting the big one is about 25 times more massive than Sgr A*, which is the massive black hole at the center of our galaxy. The big one is about 200 times more massive than the little one.
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