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English: All-sky video only. Gravitational waves from a simulated population of compact binary systems combine into a synthetic map of the entire sky. Such systems contain white dwarfs, neutron stars, or black holes in tight orbits. The center of our Milky Way galaxy lies at the center of this all-sky view, with the galactic plane extending across the middle. Maps like this using real data will be possible once space-based gravitational wave observatories become active in the next decade. Brighter spots indicate sources with stronger signals and lighter colors indicate those with higher frequencies. Larger colored patches show sources whose positions are less well known.Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center