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Gravitational Wave Background Discovered?

It was pretty impressive when LIGO detected gravitational waves from colliding black holes. Well, we’ve just taken that to the next level with a galaxy-spanning gravitational wave detector that may have detected a foundational element of space itself - the gravitational wave background.

Gravitational Wave Background Discovered?

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It was pretty impressive when LIGO detected gravitational waves from colliding black holes. Well, we’ve just taken that to the next level with a galaxy-spanning gravitational wave detector that may have detected a foundational element of space itself - the gravitational wave background.

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