Throughout the world, new developments are being made in the field of gravitational wave astrophysics, with groups of scientists utilizing new technologies to reveal...
2019 marks 20 years of superb performance by the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The CXC is planning a number of events and products for the...
“A team of physicists and astronomers from Northwestern University is poised to lead gravitational-wave astronomy into its next evolution. The W. M. Keck Foundation...
“An international team of astronomers has captured the first-ever polarized radio waves from a distant cosmic explosion. This explosive event (known as gamma-ray burst...
Beginning June 10, scientists from five institutions gathered at Northwestern for a week-long pre-flight planning meeting of BLAST-TNG. BLAST is a 5,000 pound balloon-borne...
“An international team has constructed the most detailed, highest resolution simulation of a black hole to date. The simulation proves theoretical predictions about the...
Researchers are using gravitational waves to better understand black holes. LIGO’s detectors are sensitive to stellar mass black holes up to 100 times the...
“Seekers of gravitational waves are on a cosmic scavenger hunt. Since the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory turned on in 2015, physicists have caught...
“The first month of LIGO-Virgo’s third observing run has been truly amazing, potentially bringing us the discovery of the so far missing third, hybrid...
Researchers from Northwestern’s Bio-Inspired Sensors and Optoelectronics Laboratory (BISOL) announced they developed a novel highly sensitive infrared camera that could help with directly imaging...
By Lydia Rivers (@lydiuhrivers) Astronomer Paul Williams was one of 15 researchers who embarked on a two month long trip to a volcanic island...
When the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced the world’s first image of a black hole, captured by the Event Horizon Telescope, the excitement was...
