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Description: The magic word here is "standard siren", a term used to describe how a gravitational wave event can be used to measure distance. Like standard candles, a gravitational wave event is redshifted and interpreting the distance to that event is tricky. Let's discuss. Articles used: astrobites.org/2022/01/04/gw-cosmo news.ucsb.edu/2019/019393/standard-siren arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/all-hail-the-ariane-5-rocket-which-doubled-the-webb-telescopes-lifetime Join the Deep Astronomy Discord Server: discord.gg/K9BuW2U