A ‘bang’ in LIGO and Virgo detectors signals most massive gravitational-wave source yet

For all its vast emptiness, the universe is humming with activity in the form of gravitational waves. Produced by extreme astrophysical phenomena, these reverberations ripple forth and shake the fabric of space-time, like the clang of a cosmic bell.

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https://phys.org/news/2020-09-ligo-virgo-detectors-massive-gravitational-wave.html