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A NSF-funded Physics Frontiers Center using pulsars to search for low-frequency gravitational waves! They/Them/Theirs

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Lucas Brown, graduate student at Tufts University, has updated the iconic pulsar map originally seen on the Voyager golden record to include the pulsars from NANOGrav's data sets. Check out this great way to visualize our data! You can see how much the array has grown over the years πŸ”­πŸ§ͺ

30.01.2024 22:18 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Capturing the ripples of spacetime: LISA gets go-ahead Today, ESA’s Science Programme Committee approved the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission, the first scientific endeavour to detect and study gravitational waves from space.

NANOGrav congratulates the LISA Consortium on ESA’s approval, advancing the space-based LISA gravitational wave observatory. We look forward to exploring the gravitational universe alongside LVK Consortium and LISA πŸ”­

25.01.2024 14:23 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Hero of NANOGrav - January 2024 | NANOGrav Ross Jennings has been awarded the title "Hero of NANOGrav" for the month of January!

We are pleased to announce that Ross Jennings is the "Hero of NANOGrav" for the month of January! πŸ”­
nanograv.org/news/hero-na...

23.01.2024 20:08 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ”­#aas243

11.01.2024 14:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today at #AAS243 πŸ”­

10.01.2024 14:07 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#AAS243 Astrobiter @astrolamb.bsky.social will be presenting his research at 10am today!

He'll be talking about distinguishing between an astrophysical and cosmological origin to the gravitational wave background seen by @nanograv.bsky.social and other pulsar timing arrays!

09.01.2024 14:28 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Astrobites at AAS 243: Day 1 Astrobites coverage of Day 1 of AAS 243!

Day 1 #AAS243 summaries are up! If you missed anything yesterday or are following along from afar, we’ve got you covered πŸ‘πŸ»β­οΈ

astrobites.org/2024/01/09/a...

09.01.2024 15:56 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Congratulations!

08.01.2024 22:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Lots of NANOGrav talks and posters tomorrow, including a Special Session in room 226 starting at 2PM. We hope to see you there! #AAS243 πŸ”­πŸ§ͺ

08.01.2024 22:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Group of scientists standing in front of gravitational wave booth in exhibit hall at AAS in New Orleans.

Group of scientists standing in front of gravitational wave booth in exhibit hall at AAS in New Orleans.

Have you stopped by the new Gravitational Wave booth at #AAS243 yet? Come say hi to NANOGrav, LIGO, and LISA! #AAS243 πŸ”­

08.01.2024 18:06 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Good morning AAS! Steve Taylor is starting off the day with the Kavli Plenary πŸ”­

08.01.2024 14:34 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Don’t miss the Kavli Planetary Lecture at AAS243 by NANOGrav chair Dr. Stephen Taylor. There are also many other NANOGrav talks tomorrow and all week long πŸ”­

07.01.2024 21:51 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Stephen Taylor Today we interview astrophysicist Stephen Taylor for his plenary talk at #AAS243!

Great article from @astrobites.bsky.social
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astrobites.org/2024/01/07/m...

07.01.2024 20:47 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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NANOGrav talks tomorrow πŸ”­AAS243

07.01.2024 01:15 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Good point. Submitted form. Thanks!

22.12.2023 21:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Biggest Discoveries in Physics in 2023 | Quanta Magazine From the smallest scales to the largest, the physical world provided no shortage of surprises this year.
22.12.2023 00:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Astronomy on Tap All-Stars Republic NOLA Presents... Astronomy on Tap All-Stars on January 9th, 2024!

With support from the AAS, Astronomy on Tap will host what is likely to be their biggest event *ever* during #AAS243 in New Orleans.

Tuesday night, Jan 9, at an incredible venue: Republic NOLA, directly across from the convention center:

aot.eventbrite.com

20.12.2023 16:05 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | I’m a physicist. Last week’s gravitational waves announcement sent me reeling. Hum from gravitational waves gives a completely new and audacious view of the universe.

Here’s a gift link to my article: wapo.st/3NALhdH

20.12.2023 04:22 πŸ‘ 538 πŸ” 166 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 9
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Highlights of the Year Physics Magazine Editors pick their favorite stories from 2023.
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The black hole revolution needs you! - Nature Astronomy The NANOGrav collaboration has found light-years long gravitational waves from, most likely, the mergers of millions of supermassive black holes. To keep watching this cosmic dance, we need sustained ...

Excellent op-ed from Dr. Chiara Mingarelli:

14.12.2023 14:13 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

ICYMI

11.12.2023 17:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Need a gift for the pulsar astronomer In your life? We recommend www.thegamecrafter.com/games/nanogr...

01.12.2023 18:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

The new High Energy Astrophysics Division Newsletter is out! See page 15: head.aas.org/sites/head.a...

29.11.2023 19:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
A black and white photo of Jocelyn Bell Burnell looking at a printout in front of the large radio dish she used. She is wearing cat's-eye glasses with her brown hair pulled back. Her head is turned towards the camera and she is smiling.

A black and white photo of Jocelyn Bell Burnell looking at a printout in front of the large radio dish she used. She is wearing cat's-eye glasses with her brown hair pulled back. Her head is turned towards the camera and she is smiling.

The printout where Bell and Hewish noticed the regular signal associated with the pulsar.It is a green-yellow graph paper with a staticky red line showing occasional spikes.
There are hand annotations labeling the spikes and recording the time and date of each one.

The printout where Bell and Hewish noticed the regular signal associated with the pulsar.It is a green-yellow graph paper with a staticky red line showing occasional spikes. There are hand annotations labeling the spikes and recording the time and date of each one.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell transformed astronomy OTD in 1967 when she made the first observation of a pulsar.

She and advisor Antony Hewish initially dubbed the object LGM-1 (β€œLittle Green Men”) for its regular signal, but soon identified it as a rotating, magnetized neutron star. πŸ”­ πŸ§ͺ πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬

28.11.2023 14:54 πŸ‘ 63 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
The cover of the Joy Division album
"Unknown Pleasures." It features a white
"stack plot" on a black background. The lines, which record data from a radio telescope, form what looks like a mountain range.

The cover of the Joy Division album "Unknown Pleasures." It features a white "stack plot" on a black background. The lines, which record data from a radio telescope, form what looks like a mountain range.

The image on the cover of the Joy Division album "Unknown Pleasures" is from a plot that radio astronomer Harold Craft made for his PhD dissertation, using data collected at Arecibo while studying the pulsar Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovered OTD in 1967.πŸ§ͺ πŸ”­ πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬

28.11.2023 14:56 πŸ‘ 196 πŸ” 52 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 5
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We are pleased to announce that Joe Simon is our NANOGrav Hero for the month of November!

21.11.2023 14:41 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Physicist Answers Physics Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED
Physicist Answers Physics Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED Physicist Jeffrey Hazboun visits WIRED to answer the internet's swirling questions about physics. How does one split an atom? Is light a wave or a particle.....

I tried my hand at some large scale outreach. It was frankly a bit unnerving πŸ€ͺ But thanks to the folks at WIRED is was really fun!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=U65m...

07.11.2023 23:45 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

This is fantastic, Jeff!

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Emmanuel Fonseca at SACNAS: on a panel and during the GWA special session. We also had people at the shared Gravitational Wave Astronomy booth!

30.10.2023 20:51 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hellooooo!

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