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The ripples in space-time were produced by an extremely violent phenomenon: the merger of two black holes with masses 36 and 29 times that of the Sun. Three solar masses would have been transformed into gravitational waves. This final piece of the puzzle completes the experimental detection of all the effects of General and Special Relativity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The experimental detection of gravitational waves has been confirmed. 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