Ever since gravitational waves were first confirmed in 2017 by scientists at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO), over 390 gravitational wave events have been detected. This impressive feat, and the emergence of GW astronomy as a distinct field of study, is owed to the combined detection power of the LIGO, Virgo, and Kamioka Gravitational Wave Detector (KAGRA) detectors. However, the sensitivity of these detectors depends on many factors, and at any given moment, one of them may not be operating at full capacity. At times like this, detector data must be processed to improve its quality. Researchers with the network have now developed a new and efficient tool for doing just that. It's called Astrophysical Calibration , and it acts upon GW events the same way autotune works in music production.…