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Black holes just proved Stephen Hawking right with the clearest signal yet


Gravitational-wave astronomy has exploded since 2015, capturing hundreds of black hole and neutron star collisions. With ever-clearer signals, researchers are testing Einstein’s relativity and Hawking’s theorems while planning massive next-generation observatories to explore the dawn of the universe.

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