First direct detection of gravitational waves by the LIGO Hanford (Livingston) detectors in red (blue) from the inspiral of two large black holes. Selected for an Editors’ Suggestion and a Viewpoint in Physics.

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Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
B. P. Abbott et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 061102 (2016)

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