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Gravitational waves

Dawn of a new astronomy

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The discovery of gravitational waves from a merging black-hole system opens a window on the Universe that promises to test gravity at its strongest, and to reveal many surprises about black holes and other astrophysical systems.

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Figure 1: A gravitational wave from merging black holes.

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  1. M. Coleman Miller is in the Department of Astronomy and Joint Space-Science Institute, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742-2421, USA.,

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The author declares competing interests. M.C.M. was the chair of the LIGO Program Advisory Committee during 2010–14, and a member of the same committee for three years before that. He has never been a member of the LIGO or Virgo scientific collaborations.

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