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Gravitational-wave astronomy
Gravitational-wave astronomy
is an emerging branch of
observational astronomy
which aims to use
gravitational waves
(minute distortions of
spacetime
predicted by
Einstein
's theory of
general relativity
) to collect observational data about objects such as
neutron stars
and
black holes
, events such as
supernovae
, and processes including those of the early
universe
shortly after the
Big Bang
.
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