Within minutes of when the LIGO observatories detected gravitational waves, they made a prediction about which direction the waves probably came from. This article summarizes how they did that and comments on why it is important.

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Within minutes of when the LIGO observatories detected gravitational waves, they made a prediction about which direction the waves probably came from. This article summarizes how they did that and comments on why it is important.