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• 2019 · Question 97 · Physics

  Recently, scientists observed the merger of giant ‘blackholes’ billions of light-years away from the Earth. What is the significance of this observation?

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  (a)‘Higgs boson particles’ were detected.(b)‘Gravitational waves’ were detected.(c)Possibility of inter-galactic space travel through ‘wormhole’ was confirmed.(d)It enabled the scientists to understand ‘singularity’.

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  Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary), General Studies Paper I (opens in a new tab)