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APOD: 2026 March 26 – Black Holes and Neutron Stars: 218 Mergers and Counting
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New study shows gravitational waves alter atomic emission patterns
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Astronomers have discovered a collision between two neutron stars in a small galaxy
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New catalog more than doubles the number of gravitational-wave detections made by LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA observatories | MIT News
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Astrophysicists Propose New Method to Measure Hubble Constant
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