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Allan Adams
Allan Adams is an associate professor of physics at MIT.
Caltech / LIGO
What Gravitational Waves Sound Like
When two black holes collide, the noises scientists hear are birdlike.
Allan Adams
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Sasha Chapman
February 11, 2016