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FROSTI is a new adaptive optics system that precisely corrects distortions in LIGO’s mirrors caused by extreme laser power.

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The discovery potentially transforms what we think about how the cosmic environment influences galaxies as they form.

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A giant rotating filament of the cosmic web may be the largest spinning structure ever seen, and could help reveal how ...