Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Mansi Kasliwal
Meet plenary speaker Mansi Kasliwal, who is excited about rare, new transients and has a passion for discovery.
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Peter Fritschel
Dr. Peter Fritschel is one of few scientists to help launch a brand new field of astrophysics. Read more about his research before his keynote at #AAS231!
Astrobites at AAS 231: Day 2
We report on Day 2 of the winter AAS meeting in National Harbor, MD. Highlights include an exciting update on the repeating fast radio burst, a look at the evolution of galaxy clusters and what’s between them, and a summary of the state of gravitational-wave astronomy.
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Gabriela González
Gabriela González studies ripples through space and time. Read more about her research and career before her keynote at #AAS231!
More on GW170817: Black Hole Popcorn and the Gravitational Wave Background
What are the implications of the historic detection of binary neutron star merger GW170817 for the gravitational wave stochastic background?
Challenges with Testing the No-Hair Theorem
In today’s paper, the authors find that the ringdown frequency and damping time cannot be measured with arbitrary precision, no matter how loud the signal.