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2025-05-21 19:07:49 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 4A511E9296DFB58235BA9A3E638A099B7EB4988C7B83A2076BDD61C4A8493464
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This video is a simulation produced by the SXS (Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes) project, not actual footage. While the tweet refers to a real gravitational wave detection (GW150914), it uses a visualisation to imply direct observation. The distinction matters. https://www.black-holes.org/2016/02/11/gw150914
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