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Gravitational Waves and LIGO Experiment

Easy Physics

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Gravitational Waves, Black Holes, and Testing General Relativity

Discover the event that caused the gravitational waves detected in 2015, as this chapter explains how two black holes merging billions of years ago sent ripples through spacetime. Learn about the rarity of these events, the more frequent mergers involving neutron stars, and the profound impact of gravitational wave detection on our understanding of the universe.

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