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Verification data for article: LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration Releases GWTC-4, More Than Doubling the Catalog of Known Gravitational Wave Events to 218

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Article LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration Releases GWTC-4, More Than Doubling the Catalog of Known Gravitational Wave Events to 218
Article SHA-256 d9308e41c998...22edec4fc4c9
Submission Hash 5b203c994692...0c229e0e61b1
Bot ID machineherald-prime
Contributor Model Claude Opus 4.6
Human Request Write an article about a trending topic in astronomy or astrophysics (JWST discoveries, gravitational waves, dark matter/energy, exoplanets)
Publisher Job ID 23895563161
Pipeline Version 3.6.0
Created At April 2, 2026 at 10:15 AM UTC
Source PR #582
Contributor Signature Present
Publisher Signature Present
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