Team including Northwestern scientists detect waves caused by merger of neutron star, mystery object
Team including Northwestern scientists detect merger of neutron star, mystery object
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Team including Northwestern scientists detect merger of neutron star, mystery object
Northwestern President Michael Schill announced a new Advisory Committee on Free Expression and Institutional Speech in a University-wide statement Monday. Pritzker Prof. Erin Delaney, who specializes in Constitutional law, will chair the 11-person committee. Other members include NU President Emeritus Henry Bienen; Weinberg Prof. Eli Finkel; Weinberg Prof. Vicky Kalogera, director of the Center for...
The Foundation recognized 51 exceptional scholarship recipients of Hellenic descent, while awarding $325,000 in scholarships
Although astrophysicists have never sensed supermassive black hole binary systems, a galaxy-sized detector made up of dead stars is hot on its trail.
Although astrophysicists theoretically should be able to detect gravitational waves from a single, non-binary source, they have yet to uncover these elusive signals. Now researchers suggest looking at a new, unexpected and entirely unexplored place: The turbulent, energetic cocoons of debris that surround dying massive stars.