05 October 2016
Neutron star natal kicks could be the catalyst for binary formation and new gravitational wave sources
... produce a unique supernova electromagnetic counterpart which precedes the GW merger. aLIGO is short for the advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (aLIGO), which aided in the discovery of gravitational waves late last year...
24 October 2016
New research questions the rate at which the Universe is expanding
.... Significant progress will be made when the European Extremely Large Telescope makes observations with an ultrasensitive "laser comb" to directly measure over a ten to 15-year period whether the expansion rate is indeed accelerating,” concluded...
02 November 2016
How life on Mars might be 'sniffed out' by BILI
... for dust plumes while attached to a rover’s mast, and once detected the instrument would fire its lasers into the dust causing the particles inside to resonate or fluoresce. If the dust contained organic particles created...
25 November 2016
New search shows no link between gravitational waves and gamma-ray bursts
... Einstein over a hundred years ago as part of his General Theory of Relativity was detected by astronomers using the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory or LIGO for short. These distortions in spacetime are caused by some of the most...
