Decade of Gravitational Waves: Confirming Hawking and Einstein's Theories
TL;DR
LIGO has detected the clearest gravitational wave signal yet, confirming Hawking's black hole area theorem by observing the merger of two black holes and the resulting increase in the size of the black hole, marking a significant milestone in astrophysics and gravitational wave research.
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