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International Network of Observatories Highlights New Level of Precision Gravitational Wave Astronomy
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Updated LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA catalog features 161 gravitational wave events between April 2024 and January 2025, including evidence of second-generation black holes and the clearest-ever gravitational wave signal.

Study: New Explanation for Unique ‘Negative Superhump’ Features of Deep-Space Binary Star Systems
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ÐÔÊӽ紫ý-led team of astrophysicists resolves decades-old conundrum with new theory on mechanisms driving periodic brightness variations in cataclysmic variable star systems. 
 

Planet Formation Depends on When It Happens: ÐÔÊӽ紫ý Model Shows Why
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In new study, published in Astrophysical Journal Letters, collaboration of scientists detail recent observations explaining how planets form over time.