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GW150914 Black Hole Merger

Argentina · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

2015

Gabriela Gonzalez14 September 2015

Science / Physics

As LIGO Scientific Collaboration spokesperson, helps lead the collaboration when LIGO records GW150914, the first direct gravitational-wave detection and first observed binary black hole merger.

Names involved

Gabriela Gonzalez

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