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Loading contentInferring the properties of a gravitational-wave source — the masses and spins of the merging objects, the distance, the orientation — by comparing the waveform against models. It is how a chirp becomes a measurement, including the standard-siren distance that probes the expansion of the universe.
Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.
Direct detections of gravitational waves from compact-object mergers.