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A decade of Physics World breakthroughs: 2016 and 2017 – the rise of gravitational-wave observation and multimessenger astronomy

11 Dec 2019 Sarah Tesh

With the Physics World 2019 Breakthrough of the Year due to be announced on 12 December, Physics World journalists look back at the past decade of winners and explore how research in that field has moved on. Here Sarah Tesh looks at the closely linked 2016 and 2017 breakthroughs in gravitational-wave detection and multimessenger astronomy.

Artist's impression of GW151226
Kicking in: artist's impression of GW151226. (Courtesy: LIGO/T Pyle)
One of the biggest scientific discoveries of the past decade – possibly even the last century –

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Sarah Tesh is features editor of Physics World
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