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The 48 pages that link to Gravitational-wave astronomy, each with the reason it gives.

• Black holeNarrower topic: Merging black holes are among its clearest and most informative signals.

• Gravitational waveNarrower topic: It uses waves as signals from objects that may be faint or invisible in light.

• LIGONarrower topic: LIGO is a ground-based instrument within this broader observational field.

• Gravitational wave detectorsNarrower topic: Detectors provide the observations on which this distinct mode of astronomy depends.

• GW170817Narrower topic: The signal was a landmark observation in this emerging field.

• Pulsar timing arrayNarrower topic: Pulsar timing extends gravitational-wave observations to frequencies below ground-based detectors.

• Binary neutron starNarrower topic: Binary neutron stars are key sources for this observational field.

• KilonovaNarrower topic: Joint wave and light observations of kilonovae reveal merger properties unavailable from either channel alone.

• Virgo interferometerNarrower topic: Virgo is one of the observatories that makes this form of astronomy possible.

• Binary black holeNarrower topic: Merging black-hole binaries are its first directly detected source population.

• Kip ThorneNarrower topic: Thorne’s work helped establish this new way of observing the universe.

• Joseph WeberNarrower topic: Weber’s experiments helped establish the pursuit despite their disputed detections.

• Rainer WeissNarrower topic: Weiss’s interferometry enabled this new observational discipline.

• Barry BarishNarrower topic: LIGO’s detections established a new observational field that Barish helped bring into existence.

• Tests of general relativityNarrower topic: Wave observations test general relativity in rapidly changing, strong gravitational fields.

• Russell Alan HulseNarrower topic: The binary pulsar result helped establish gravitational waves as an observable astrophysical phenomenon.

• First observation of gravitational wavesNarrower topic: GW150914 began direct observational astronomy using gravitational waves.

• Gravitational-wave observatoryNarrower topic: Observatories provide the measurements on which this distinct form of astronomy depends.

• Rotating black holeNarrower topic: Binary black-hole signals provide an independent route to testing rotating-black-hole dynamics.