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What Creates Gravitational Waves?

šŸ’” The Answer

  • Gravitational waves are ripples in spacetime caused by accelerating masses.
  • Catastrophic events like black hole mergers produce strong waves.
  • They were first directly detected by LIGO in 2015.
  • These waves travel at the speed of light and stretch space itself.

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