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    resemblance of its data to AT2017gfo, part of the multi-messenger now denoted GW170817. In December 2022, astronomers suggested that kilonovae could also be found...
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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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    after multi-messenger event GW170817 was observed in 2017. On 17 August 2017, the LIGO/Virgo collaboration detected GW170817, a gravitational wave associated...
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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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    likely strong sources of gravitational waves. In 2017, a direct detection (GW170817) of the gravitational waves from such an event was observed, along with...
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  • collision in the galaxy NGC 4993 produced the gravitational wave signal GW170817, which was observed by the LIGO/Virgo collaboration. After 1.7 seconds...
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    August 17 The first observation of a collision of two neutron stars (GW170817) is hailed as a breakthrough in multi-messenger astronomy when both gravitational...
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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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    (LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration) (October 2017). "GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral"...
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  • in the same year gave a more precise range of 2.2 to 2.9 M☉. Data from GW170817, the first gravitational wave observation attributed to merging neutron...
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    including gold, were observed by electromagnetic observatories in the GW170817 neutron star merger event, after gravitational wave detectors confirmed...
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    approximately 1.5 M☉ to 3.0 M☉. Observations of the neutron star merger GW170817, which is thought to have generated a black hole shortly afterward, have...
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  • extra dimensions. The recent multi-messenger gravitational wave event GW170817 has also been used to put weak limits on large extra dimensions. Kaluza–Klein...
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  • between gravitational wave and gamma ray arrivals from neutron star merger GW170817 was far less than the estimated Shapiro delay of about 1000 days. This...
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    Herschel and is a member of the NGC 4993 Group. NGC 4993 is the site of GW170817, the first astronomical event detected in both electromagnetic and gravitational...
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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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    merger of two neutron stars. Using the gravitational wave data captured in GW170817 to identify the location of the merger, several teams observed and studied...
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    In August 2017, UVOT imaged UV emissions from gravitational wave event GW170817 detected by LIGO & Virgo detectors. BAT (Burst Alert Telesope) is a gamma...
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  • 2017, LIGO and Virgo observed the first binary neutron star inspiral in GW170817, and 70 observatories collaborated to detect the electromagnetic counterpart...
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  • Adams, T.; Addesso, P.; Adhikari, R. X.; Adya, V. B. (28 February 2018). "GW170817: Implications for the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background from Compact...
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  • original on 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2019-07-11. Abbott, B. P.; et al. (2017). "GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral"...
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    characteristics of GRB 150101B are remarkably similar to the historic event GW170817, a merger of neutron stars. In October 2018, astronomers reported that...
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  • larger black hole. In addition, one neutron star merger has been observed (GW170817), forming a black hole. In addition, over 30 alerts have been issued since...
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    Spectrogram of great tit song. Constant-Q spectrogram of a gravitational wave (GW170817). Spectrogram and waterfalls of 3 whistled notes. Spectrogram of the soundscape...
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    October 2018, astronomers reported that GRB 150101B (detected in 2015) and GW170817, a gravitational wave event detected in 2017 (which has been associated...
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    "Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 848 (2): L13. arXiv:1710...
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  • differently. A gravitational wave event that occurred on 25 August 2017, GW170817, was reported on 16 October 2017 to be associated with the merger of two...
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  • relativity have also been ruled out by analyses of the neutron-star merger GW170817. In addition, general relativity is inconsistent with quantum mechanics...
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  • by the direct measurement of the speed of gravitational waves following GW170817. Classical theories of gravitation General relativity Brans–Dicke theory...
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