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In 1993, [[Russell A. Hulse]] and [[Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr.]] received the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] for the discovery and observation of the [[Hulse–Taylor binary|Hulse–Taylor binary pulsar]], which offered the first indirect evidence of the existence of gravitational waves.<ref>Nobel Prize Award (1993) [https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1993/press-release/ Press Release] The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.</ref>
On 11 February 2016, the [[LIGO]] and [[Virgo interferometer|Virgo]] Scientific Collaboration announced they had made the [[first observation of gravitational waves|first direct observation of gravitational waves]]. The observation was made five months earlier, on 14 September 2015, using the [[LIGO#Advanced LIGO|Advanced LIGO]] detectors. The gravitational waves originated from the merging of a [[binary black hole]] system.<ref name="Discovery 2016">{{cite journal |title=Einstein's gravitational waves found at last |journal=Nature News| url=http://www.nature.com/news/einstein-s-gravitational-waves-found-at-last-1.19361 |date=11 February 2016 |last=Castelvecchi |first=Davide |last2=Witze |first2=Witze |doi=10.1038/nature.2016.19361 |accessdate=2016-02-11 }}</ref><ref name='Abbot'>{{cite journal |title=Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger|vauthors=Abbott BP |collaboration=LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration| journal=Physical Review Letters| year=2016| volume=116|issue=6| pages=061102| doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.061102| pmid=26918975| bibcode=2016PhRvL.116f1102A|arxiv = 1602.03837 |display-authors=etal}}</ref><ref name='NSF'>{{cite web|title = Gravitational waves detected 100 years after Einstein's prediction {{!}} NSF - National Science Foundation|url = https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=137628|website = www.nsf.gov|access-date = 2016-02-11}}</ref> After the initial announcement the LIGO instruments detected two more confirmed, and one potential, [[List of gravitational wave observations|gravitational wave events]].<ref name = "Abbott2016">{{Cite journal|last=LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration|year=2016<!-- Deny Citation Bot-->|title=GW151226: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a 22-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence|journal=Physical Review Letters|volume= 116|issue= 24|pages=241103|doi= 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.241103|pmid=27367379|bibcode=2016PhRvL.116x1103A|arxiv = 1606.04855 |<!-- year=2411 -->}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|year=2017|title=GW170104: Observation of a 50-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence at Redshift 0.2|journal=Physical Review Letters|language=en-US|volume=118|issue=22|pages=221101|doi=10.1103/physrevlett.118.221101|pmid=28621973|bibcode=2017PhRvL.118v1101A|arxiv = 1706.01812 |last1=Abbott|first1=B. P|last2=Abbott|first2=R|last3=Abbott|first3=T. D|last4=Acernese|first4=F|last5=Ackley|first5=K|last6=Adams|first6=C|last7=Adams|first7=T|last8=Addesso|first8=P|last9=Adhikari|first9=R. X|last10=Adya|first10=V. B|last11=Affeldt|first11=C|last12=Afrough|first12=M|last13=Agarwal|first13=B|last14=Agathos|first14=M|last15=Agatsuma|first15=K|last16=Aggarwal|first16=N|last17=Aguiar|first17=O. D|last18=Aiello|first18=L|last19=Ain|first19=A|last20=Ajith|first20=P|last21=Allen|first21=B|last22=Allen|first22=G|last23=Allocca|first23=A|last24=Altin|first24=P. A|last25=Amato|first25=A|last26=Ananyeva|first26=A|last27=Anderson|first27=S. B|last28=Anderson|first28=W. G|last29=Antier|first29=S|last30=Appert|first30=S|displayauthors=29}}</ref> In August 2017, the two LIGO instruments and the Virgo instrument observed a fourth gravitational wave from merging black holes,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nature.com/news/european-detector-spots-its-first-gravitational-wave-1.22690?WT.mc_id=TWT_NatureNews&sf117118315=1|title=European detector spots its first gravitational wave|date=27 September 2017|access-date=27 September 2017}}</ref> and a fifth gravitational wave from a [[Neutron star#Binary neutron star systems|binary neutron star]] [[Stellar collision|merger]].<ref name="PhysRev119">{{cite journal|vauthors=Abbott BP, et al |collaboration=[[LIGO Scientific Collaboration]] & [[Virgo interferometer|Virgo Collaboration]]|title=GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral|journal=Physical Review Letters|date=16 October 2017|volume=119|issue=16|pages=161101|doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.161101|pmid=29099225|arxiv=1710.05832|bibcode=2017PhRvL.119p1101A}}</ref>
In 2017, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to [[Rainer Weiss]], [[Kip Thorne]] and [[Barry Barish]] for their role in the direct detection of gravitational waves.<ref name="BBC-20171003" /><ref name="NYT-20171003" /><ref name="NYT-20171003dk" />
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