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What would happen if two black holes would enter each others gravitational forces? What would happen if two black holes would collide?

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If two black holes collide, they will merge to form a bigger black hole. Two blackholes may exist within each other's gravitational field without anything special happening. They have to come very close to each other for the black hole effects to become apparent, and then they'll merge!

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