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'Fingerprints' of black hole's event horizon detected for first time (phys.org)
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[–] goldteeth@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 3 weeks ago

Curiously, the detection triggered a match against the FBI's AFIS database, connecting GW250114 to a set of partial prints lifted from the scenes of five unsolved homicides committed in northwest Washington State between 1989 and 1992.