GW170817 was a gravitational wave (GW) signal observed by the LIGO and Virgo detectors on 17 August 2017, originating from the shell elliptical galaxy...
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after multi-messenger event GW170817 was observed in 2017. On 17 August 2017, the LIGO and Virgo interferometers observed GW170817, a gravitational wave associated...
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as predicted by general relativity and confirmed by observation of the GW170817 neutron star merger, is equal to the speed of light (c). The speed of gravitational...
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collaborations announced the first simultaneous detections of gravitational waves (GW170817) and electromagnetic radiation (GRB 170817A and AT 2017gfo) and demonstrated...
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gravitational wave observations from binary neutron star mergers (like GW170817) and the subsequent information from electromagnetic radiation (kilonova)...
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gamma-ray bursts. In 2017, the LIGO and Virgo interferometer sites observed GW170817, the first direct detection of gravitational waves from such an event....
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observations of gravitational waves emitted by the neutron-star merger GW170817 contravene predictions made by this model of gravity. Some have revised...
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(LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration) (October 2017). "GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral"...
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in 2017 (jointly with the two LIGO detectors), quickly followed by the GW170817 event, the only one to have also been observed with classical methods (optical...
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galaxy is NGC 4993, an elliptical galaxy which was the source of events GW170817, GRB 170817A and SSS17a from the merger of two neutron stars. The Sigma...
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