News More like a ‘bang’ than a ‘chirp’: Scientists detect gravitational wave from massive merger of 2 black holes September 3, 2020Jordan Culver, USA TODAYComments Off on More like a ‘bang’ than a ‘chirp’: Scientists detect gravitational wave from massive merger of 2 black holes The merger of two black holes, estimated to have occurred about 7 billion years ago, is the largest observed in gravitational waves, researchers say.