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Stephen Hawking

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LIGO’s Loudest Black-Hole Merger Confirms Hawking’s Area Theorem and Kerr Predictions

A decade of detector upgrades yielded the clarity needed to resolve fleeting ringdown overtones for direct strong‑gravity tests.

Clearest Gravitational-Wave Signal Lets LIGO Confirm Hawking's Area Law and Kerr Black Holes