David Reitze26 December 2015
Advanced LIGO records GW151226 from two lower-mass black holes, providing a second robust direct gravitational-wave detection and showing that the first observation was not an isolated event.
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Advanced LIGO records GW151226 from two lower-mass black holes, providing a second robust direct gravitational-wave detection and showing that the first observation was not an isolated event.
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