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If Neutron Stars Have Mountains, They Should Generate Gravitational Waves


Astronomers have discovered the gravitational waves released by colliding black holes, neutron stars, and even the background waves from merging supermassive black holes. A new paper proposes that advanced gravitational wave observatories might be able to detect the presence of

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