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12Nov 2026

Gravitational Wave Astronomy: Statistical Era

GRAVITATIONAL WAVE ASTRONOMY ENTERS ITS STATISTICAL ERA WHY IN THE NEWS ? New Development: Gravitational-wave astronomy is entering a statistical era as improved detectors collect data on hundreds of black-hole mergers. New Catalogue: An international scientific collaboration released an expanded catalogue containing 390 candidate events, helping researchers understand black-hole populations, their formation and evolution, and …

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22Dec 2025

Superkilonova: Double Cosmic Explosion

Superkilonova: A Rare Double-Explosion Cosmic Phenomenon Why in the News? Astronomers, including scientists from IIT-Bombay and the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, have reported evidence of a rare cosmic event called a superkilonova, observed 1.3 billion lightyears away, combining features of both a supernova and a kilonova. This discovery prompts considerations about the environmental impact of …

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18Jul 2025

LIGO Detects Largest Black Hole Merger Ever

LIGO Detects Largest-Ever Black Hole Merger Event Why in the News ? In another significant piece of india news, scientists from the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration detected gravitational waves from the largest known black hole merger till date. This challenges existing theories of black hole formation and opens new frontiers in astrophysics using gravitational wave astronomy, a …

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