In the first direct detection of gravitational waves by LIGO in 2015, the waves came from
A) the collapse of a nearby star into a white dwarf
B) a supernova explosion in a nearby galaxy
C) the merger of two black holes
D) the rapid motion of three hot Jupiter planets around a nearby star
E) the dashed hopes of all the people in the U.S. who want their government to work well for them
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