24 February 2017
Researchers find a new type of X-ray transient
... team, it’s unusual nature means sources like CDF-S XT1, could possibly be used in future high-energy and/or gravitational wave (GW) searches. For more on this research see; here
13 November 2017
Powerful outburst points to new class of high-energy transients
... Joules. As a comparison, in one second the Sun generates 3.8 x 1026 Joules of energy and the mass-energy emitted as gravitational waves during the merger of two black holes (originally about 30 solar masses each) as observed by LIGO was equivalent...
13 July 2018
Neutrino discovery helps resolve a century-old riddle
... a long-term commitment to fundamental research and investment in superb research facilities." Just as the recent detection of gravitational waves ushered in a new branch of astronomical research, this discovery could pave the same path for neutrino...
12 September 2018
Birth of new star from a supernova seen for first time
... saying that these types of events are of great interest. But superluminous supernovae are also potential sources of gravitational waves and black holes, and astronomers think they might be related to other kinds of phenomena, like fast radio...
29 November 2019
Hera mission is approved as ESA receives biggest ever budget
... to now confidently proceed with a number of projects such as the Athena X-ray telescope, the Lisa space-based gravitational wave observatory, and the Clearspace active removal mission. ESA’s ambitious mission that will be humankind’s first probe...
03 January 2020
China tests mini solar sail in space
...-I on the same rocket was another Chinese small satellite built by DFH Satellite Co. to test technologies for a future gravitational wave detector mission. Tests on the sail will be carried out in two-stages says Liu Jinguo, deputy director...
