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    33Graduate Student, Columbia University
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     5Black hole duet: Hearing the universe for the first time
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     7A hundred years after Einstein's theory of Relativity and the prediction of gravitational waves, we have detected, for the first time, tiny ripples in space-time from two colliding black holes in the distant universe. This amazing breakthrough of modern physics and engineering opens a completely new window into the cosmos. I will discuss the exciting first discovery and the bright future of gravitational-wave astronomy.