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2025-05-21 17:44:48 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: ACC43DA023415B1AC6A69B6B37BCE854ED5F606970D1C58D21C59C03C7DBE4A6
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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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