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Yes, in around 1997 I believe.

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v396/n6708/full/396233a...

My read is that the news here is that this is the first visual counterpart to a gravitational wave detection. (It's also very strong supporting evidence for the leading theory that neutron stars merging are sources of those gravitational waves.)



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