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On September 14, 2015, the two LIGO detectors simultaneously observed a gravitational-wave signal (GW150914) consistent with the inspiral and merger of two black holes of approximately 36 and 29 solar masses, with about 3 solar masses radiated as gravitational waves.
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On September 14, 2015 at 09:50:45 UTC the two detectors of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory simultaneously observed a transient gravitational-wave signal.
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