A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs Posted on December 02, 2018 by quaezar In News We present the results from three gravitational-wave searches for coalescing compact binaries with component masses above 1 M☉ during the first and second observing runs of the Advanced gravitational-wave detector network. […]Read more A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs
What Happens to the Brain in Zero Gravity? Posted on November 24, 2018 by quaezar In News NASA has made a commitment to send humans to Mars by the 2030s. This is an ambitious goal when you think that a typical round trip will anywhere between three […]Read more What Happens to the Brain in Zero Gravity?
Don’t spank your kids. Do time-outs and positive talk instead Posted on November 24, 2018 by quaezar In News Sometime around 9 p.m., before the second leg of a cross-country flight, my just-turned-4-year-old decided she had had enough. She let out a scream and went full noodle right at […]Read more Don’t spank your kids. Do time-outs and positive talk instead
The first observed wimpy supernova may have birthed a neutron star duo Posted on October 13, 2018 by quaezar In News A faint, fleeting supernova may be the key to understanding how neutron star duos are born. Astronomers have spotted what seems to be an ultrastripped supernova: a massive star in […]Read more The first observed wimpy supernova may have birthed a neutron star duo