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The first 10 ms after two neutron stars have merged is the period that produces the loudest gravitational waves in the entire history of the binary.
Making Discoveries in Your Idle Time
Instead of sitting around and twiddling its thumbs when unused, your computer could be contributing to science! Today’s astrobite highlights the discovery of a rare system that was uncovered through the Einstein@Home project.
The Predictor of Pulsar Timing
Since gravitational waves are now on the tip of every astronomer’s tongue, today’s post looks back at a classic paper’s key result that is quintessential in the search for gravitational waves using pulsar timing arrays.
A new path to gravitational waves
Today’s paper has exciting results from a proof-of-concept mission for a space-based gravitational wave observatory!
Detecting gravitational wave memory
Now that gravitational waves have been directly detected, we can begin to use binary black hole mergers to probe strange consequences of strong-field general relativity. Today’s post examines the prospect of detecting an effect called gravitational-wave memory, and considers its potential for helping you get in shape for summer.
Studying the First Stars with Gravitational Waves
What can aLIGO tell us about the earliest stars? Read today’s astrobite to find out!