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?
Multi-Messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger
A ripple, a flash, and a bang. The holy grail of multi-messenger astronomy as been discovered — a binary neutron star merger captured in gravitational waves and light!
Nuclear Pasta in Neutron Stars
Inside neutron stars we find exotic phases of matter called “nuclear pasta”.
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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.
A neutron star in the Eye of Sauron?
Fomalhaut (a.k.a. the Eye of Sauron) has a dusty disk around it and an intriguing speck of light near the edge of the disk. But we don’t exactly know the nature of this object: Could it be… a neutron star?
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.