by Thankful Cromartie | Sep 28, 2017 | Daily Paper Summaries
Yesterday’s announcement of a new LIGO detection brings the total to four confirmed events (and one candidate). Can we responsibly make conclusions about population characteristics from so few data points?
by Thankful Cromartie | Aug 25, 2017 | Daily Paper Summaries
A long-duration GRB was detected without its expected supernova companion. Today’s astrobite chronicles one team’s efforts to try and uncover the cause of GRB 111005A’s loneliness.
by Thankful Cromartie | Jul 20, 2017 | Daily Paper Summaries
There’s no need to worry about the Earth being sterilized by an asteroid or gamma-ray burst, especially if you happen to be a tardigrade.
by Thankful Cromartie | May 2, 2017 | Daily Paper Summaries
Detecting electromagnetic and gravitational signals from a single astrophysical event will be revolutionary, but how do we find the former when we don’t know exactly where the latter is?
by Thankful Cromartie | Feb 16, 2017 | Daily Paper Summaries
Short gamma ray bursts are one of the biggest cosmic mysteries of modern astronomy. Today’s post investigates one possible culprit for this phenomena – the merging of two neutron stars.