The North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) announced it may have detected new kinds of gravitational waves caused by colliding supermassive black holes. Chiara Mingarelli, guest researcher at the Flatiron Institute's Center for Computational Astrophysics, explains why this is such an exciting discovery.
What We're Reading
Jan
14
2021
Science in Action: Gravitational Waves and Black Holes, BBC
Dec
07
2020
Fresh Data from Gaia Galaxy Survey Gives Best Map Ever of the Milky Way, Scientific American
During a virtual 'Gaia Sprint' hackathon last week, astronomers — including Adrian Price-Whelan of the Flatiron Institute's Center for Computational Astrophysics — pored through new data, hoping to unlock some of our galaxy’s most intriguing secrets.
Viewpoint: Small Cavities Make Noisy Homes for Light, Physics
Noise from temperature fluctuations may limit the performance of small optical cavities for quantum computing applications.
Dec
02
2020
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