Syracuse University Gravitational Wave Group

10/16/2017

Stefan Ballmer, associate professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, is one of the Syracuse physicists on the LIGO team that has made groundbreaking discoveries on gravitational waves and, now, the collision of two massive neutron stars that confirms the origins of gold and other heav...

10/16/2017

Syracuse University physicists are among a team of collaborators who have made another scientific breakthrough discovery, looking deep into the heavens to find the origins of precious metals. Watch Duncan Brown, the Charles Brightman Endowed Professor of Physics, discuss their latest findings.

10/16/2017

The Martin A. Pomerantz ’37 Professor of Physics, Peter Saulson has devoted much of his career to searching for gravitational waves. Here, he reflects on the importance of the latest discovery of these so-called “ripples in spacetime,” and what it means for the future of gravitational-wave astronomy...

10/16/2017

https://www.apnews.com/84fba73c68414c2c8384bbe8982f0d88/Scientists-wit

WASHINGTON (AP) — It was a faint signal, but it told of one of the most violent acts in the universe, and it would soon reveal secrets of the cosmos, including how gold was create

10/16/2017

LIGO kick-started an astronomical treasure hunt that ended with colliding neutron stars and gold.

10/16/2017

Gravitational waves have led to the discovery of a neutron-star merger. The event made enough gold, platinum, and silver to outweigh 650 Earths.

10/16/2017

It's a truly ground-breaking discovery.

10/16/2017

For the first time, scientists used both gravitational waves and light to monitor a single event.

10/16/2017

By observing merging neutron stars with three detectors, we located its position on the sky. Telescopes swung into action, leading to the scientific advance of the year.

10/16/2017

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/16/557557544/astronomers-strike-gravitational-gold-in-colliding-neutron-stars

10/16/2017

Astronomers scanning ripples in space-time have detected the collision of two neutron stars for the first time—along with evidence for the source of heavy elements such as gold and platinum.

10/16/2017

For the first time, scientists have witnessed the collision of two neutron stars – and in the process, they’ve confirmed that this is how gold and other heavy metals are made. Some researchers are saying this is a bigger deal than the first detection of gravity waves.