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Reanalyzing LIGO-Virgo gravitational wave events under the new lens of… lensing!
Gravitational lensing can bend gravitational waves too! Do any of the recent LIGO-Virgo detections show evidence of lensing? Find out…
Keeping Time in the Milky Way with Chemical Clocks
Stellar ages are notoriously difficult to determine. However, today’s authors investigate a promising new method of estimating stellar age with “chemical clocks!”
UR: Designing a Smaller and More Sensitive Gravitational Wave Detector
In today’s #UndergradResearch post, find out how superluminal lasers could soon make gravitational wave detectors tiny fractions of their current size.
What happens to planets when their host star dies?
What happens to planets when their host star dies? Today’s authors explore how HR 8799 could become a metal-polluted white dwarf in an unusual planetary system.
Beyond the Boundaries of Time and Space
The exploration of the universe across 2000 years in the oriental land of ancient China
A cosmic footrace: testing the speed(s) of light with FRBs
General relativity has stood the test of time for over a century. How can we continue to stress-test it using fast radio bursts? Today’s paper does just that!
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