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Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole MergerSnapshot

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The paper reports the first direct detection of gravitational waves—traveling distortions of space—and the first observation of two stellar-mass black holes merging into one.

Source 15 · VIII. CONCLUSION (p. 8)

The LIGO detectors have observed gravitational waves from the merger of two stellar-mass black holes. … This is the first direct detection of gravitational waves and the first observation of a binary black hole merger.
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