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UW researchers mark first detection of gravitational waves from collision of two neutron stars

Submitted by Shane D Debolt on October 20, 2017 - 12:00am

About 130 million years ago in the distant galaxy, two neutron stars spiraled toward each other and merged. This violent event initiated ripples in the fabric of spacetime — gravitational waves — which propagated through space at the speed of light...

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