Soon there will be a collision of two black holes At the center of the Bootes galaxy are two black holes, one revolving around the other. Their total mass is about 800 million times greater than the Sun, while by space standards they are small, smaller than the size of the Earth's orbit. They move closer, then move away from each other. When black holes approach each other, there is a small flash. Astronomers have been watching (https://bit.ly/3JXj1Oh) these flares for a long time, and they have noticed that flares are becoming more frequent. A few years ago, such an outbreak happened once a year. Now once a month. This means that the smaller black hole is rapidly approaching the larger one. As calculated by a group of astronomers, a maximum of a thousand days before a complete merger. That is, it will happen either this year or next year. For the first time in history, scientists will observe the merger of two black holes.