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The discovery of gravitational waves from a neutron-star merger and the detection of the event across the electromagnetic spectrum give insight into many aspects of gravity and astrophysics. See Letter p.64, p.67, p.71, p.75 & p.80

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Figure 1: The merger of a binary neutron-star system.

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Miller, M. A golden binary. Nature 551, 36–37 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature24153

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