Astronomers See Light Show Associated With Gravitational Waves
October 16, 2017
October 16, 2017
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 16 -- The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics issued the following news release:
Marking the beginning of a new era in astrophysics, scientists have detected gravitational waves and electromagnetic radiation, or light, from the same event for the first time. This historic discovery reveals the merger of two neutron stars, the dense cores of dead stars, and resolves the debate about how the heaviest elements such as platinum and gold were created in the . . .
Marking the beginning of a new era in astrophysics, scientists have detected gravitational waves and electromagnetic radiation, or light, from the same event for the first time. This historic discovery reveals the merger of two neutron stars, the dense cores of dead stars, and resolves the debate about how the heaviest elements such as platinum and gold were created in the . . .