02 June 2017
A third success for LIGO as more gravitational waves detected
... data about the nature of gravity that cannot otherwise be obtained. Last years announcement of the first detection of gravitational waves shook the science community and its success was quickly matched by a further detection later that same...
29 September 2017
Virgo and LIGO detect fourth gravitational wave signal
... and create an interference pattern. The advantage of combining detectors is that scientists can confine the direction of the gravitational wave signal to a smaller search area on the sky. The first reported signal, GW150914, for example was resolved...
19 April 2016
Gravitational waves poised to be pinpointed by gamma ray burst
... two observations, with gamma rays revealing details about the source's energetics and local environment and gravitational waves providing a unique probe of the dynamics leading up to the event." He will be discussing the burst and how Fermi...
05 October 2016
Neutron star natal kicks could be the catalyst for binary formation and new gravitational wave sources
... at birth, that disrupts any close by companion, while subsequently giving rise to a new type of promptly appearing eLISA gravitational wave (GW) source, say researchers. Neutron stars are created when stars with an initial mass of eight solar masses...
24 March 2017
Gravitational waves expel black hole from galaxy centre
... and not yet completely understood." It is thought that not every merger between black holes generates an imbalance in gravitational waves, therefore the team are lucky to have caught this unique event. To complement their existing data and...
21 July 2017
A new way to search for gravitational waves?
... community wait for LISA to be built, is there anything that can be done in the mean time to search for gravitational waves? One team based in the UK thinks so. Located at Cambridge University, the Cavendish Laboratory and the Kavli Institute...
