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LIGO detects first ever gravitational waves – from two merging black holes

11 Feb 2016 Tushna Commissariat
Merging black holes
Come together: artist's impression of the GW150914 merger of two black holes. (Courtesy: NASA)
The first ever direct detection of gravitational waves has been made by researchers working on the A

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