When two such massive objects are whirling around each other, they stir up the space-time fabric, creating ripples like those made by a stone thrown into a pond.
当两个如此巨大的物体围绕着对方旋转时，他们将会搅动时空的结构，从而创造出如同石头落入池塘那样的涟漪。
For the past seven years, this German set-up has been looking for gravitational waves - ripples in space-time thrown off by super-dense astronomical objects such as neutron stars and black holes.
在过去的七年中，这台德国装置一直在探测引力波——由诸如中子星和黑洞这样的超密度天体引发的时空波动。
Other similar ripples of heated matter thrown out by feisty young stars are dotted across Barnard's Galaxy.
其他由不安分的年轻恒星的高温星风所激起的涟漪点缀在巴纳德星系的各处。
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