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Gravitational wave detections spark great expectations
11.03.2025
This illustration shows the merger of two black holes and the gravitational waves that ripple outward as the black holes spiral toward each other.
On 14 September, 2015, the international LIGO/Virgo collaboration detected the very first gravitational wave signal, a tiny distortion of spacetime predicted by Einstein, in this case produced by the...
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Gravitational Waves Pioneers Get Highest French Science Prize
12.14.2017
On December 14, 2017, Alain Brillet and Thibault Damour received the CNRS Gold Medal, France's highest scientific distinction, during a ceremony at the Collège de France in Paris. Together, the...
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