Which Are The Brightest Gravitational Wave Sources In Our Galaxy?
LISA is a space-based mission to detect gravitational waves. What will be the brightest targets it can see?
Triple Threat: Uncovering Triple Systems with Gravitational Waves
How do we identify whether gravitational waves are produced by triple systems?
Recoil detectives: searching for black hole kicks using gravitational waves
Gravitational waves are believed to be able to “kick” black hole merger remnants out of their host galaxy. We can search for signatures of that kick directly in gravitational wave signals.
It’s Complicated: Three-Body Interactions Can Affect LIGO’s Binary Black Hole Mergers
Though black holes may start as strangers, interactions between several of them — not just the two component masses — can lead to LIGO-esque mergers.
Astronomy and Astrobites in 2017
A digestible summary of Astrobites in 2017 in one bite-size Astrobite.
Hunting for Gravitational Waves from Spinning Neutron Stars
Continuous gravitational waves produced by spinning neutron stars are another avenue for LIGO to listen to the Universe.