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Scientists have glimpsed at another ripple in the medium of space-time.
科學家第二次探測到引力波。
Announced by the LIGO team, the latest gravitational wave observation took place in late December last year.
LIGO（激光干涉儀引力波天文臺）合作組宣布，最近一次探測到引力波是去年年末。
Astronomer Scott Ransom even exclaimed that the era of gravitational wave astronomy is upon us!
宇航員斯科特·雷森甚至驚訝道，引力波天文學時代寄托在我們身上！
Though Ransom is not a member of the team,
盡管雷森不是合作組成員，
a spokesperson with LIGO added that the observation is beginning to reveal a spectrum of black hole systems.
但LIGO發言人指出，此次探測將揭開黑洞面紗。
The latest system observed by LIGO focused on a pair black holes with a solar masses eight to fourteen times greater than the sun.
LIGO此次的觀察重點是雙黑洞，質量分別是太陽的8-14倍。
When they merged, one solar mass converted to energy and generated these subtle though measurable ripples.
一旦雙黑合并，太陽質量將轉換為能量，隨之釋放引力波。
譯文屬可可英語原創，未經允許，不得轉載。
