[libeclipse]

> ...meaning that energy equivalent to about 1 solar mass was emitted as gravitational waves during the collision.

Damn. That's something like 179 100 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 J

That's an insane amount of energy. It's equivalent to what you would get if you converted the entire mass of the sun into pure energy.

[Simon_says]

Well, yea - that's what they mean when they say "1 solar mass".

[libeclipse]

You and I might know that but not everyone has studied physics.