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How to Listen to the Background Hum of Gravitational Waves From all the Black Holes Colliding into Each Other
A pair of scientists who were part of the first gravitational wave discovery have developed a way to listen to…
Kilonova Neutron Star Collision Probably Left Behind a Black Hole
According to a new study, the recent merger of two neutron stars (which was detected thanks to the gravitational waves…
Weekly Space Hangout – Nov. 15, 2017: Dr. John Whelan of RIT
Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Paul M. Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier )…
GW170817 Update: Surprises From First Gravitational Wave Observed Independently
“This is quite literally a physics gold mine!” said Masao Sako, with the University of Pennsylvania. For over a week…
Scientist Find Treasure Trove of Giant Black Hole Pairs
In two new studies by international teams of astrophysicists, a wealth of merging black hole pairs have been discovered, which…
LIGO Scientists who Detected Gravitational Waves Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics
For their immeasurable contributions to the discovery of gravitational waves, Caltech professors Kip S. Thorne and Barry C. Barish, and…
Cosmic Census Says There Could be 100 Million Black Holes in our Galaxy Alone
A new study by a team from UCI indicates that black hole mergers could be very common, which has implications…
Gravitational Astronomy? How Detecting Gravitational Waves Changes Everything
We’ve now had multiple detections of gravitational waves, opening up a whole new field: gravitational astronomy. We talk about the…
Third Gravitational Wave Event Detected
LIGO has detected a third instance of gravitational waves. Like the previous two, this one was caused by merging black…
Weekly Space Hangout – May 19, 2017: Eric Fisher of Labfundr
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Eric Fisher is the head of Labfundr, a Canadian crowdsourcing platform for science research…