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Gravitational waves are ripples in spacetime, first directly detected in 2015.

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Gravitational waves — ripples in spacetime from colliding black holes — were predicted by Einstein and first directly detected in 2015, opening a new way to 'hear' the cosmos.

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Aynı kart, başka bir dilde.

Kütleçekim dalgaları, uzay-zamandaki dalgalanmalardır; ilk kez 2015'te doğrudan saptandı.

Kütleçekim dalgaları — çarpışan kara deliklerden yayılan, uzayzamandaki dalgalanmalar — Einstein tarafından öngörülmüş ve ilk kez 2015'te doğrudan saptanmıştı; evreni 'duymanın' yeni bir yolunu açtı.

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