The Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology needs a good logo! Something we could put on mugs, t-shirts, etc. Something with a "G", "W", "A", and "C". Something perhaps with a telescope or a wave but simple enough so that it can be rendered easily.
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GWAC research in the news.
WVU helps find origins of mysterious, ultra-powerful bursts in space
Margaret Mattson |
You can’t see it, but billions of light years away cosmic flash bulbs are popping and no one knows why.
WVU astrophysicist part of team that has created most detailed map of the Milky Way
Margaret Mattson |
Hydrogen. Atomic number 1. It is the simplest and lightest element on the periodic table, but don’t be fooled by its humble appearance. With just a single proton and a single electron it is the most abundant element in the universe and has fueled star formation for the past 13 billion years.
'little green men' to premiere at WVU on September 29th
Margaret Mattson |
No, it isn’t about aliens. While the title of the upcoming documentary “little green men” suggests an extra-terrestrial theme, it actually features life in our own backyard.
WVU engineering professors to utilize Green Bank telescope in K-12 teacher research experience
Margaret Mattson |
When a group of teachers from four West Virginia counties get asked what they did on their summer vacation in fall 2017, they will have an out-of-this-world answer, thanks to a grant received by a research team from West Virginia University.
WVU astrophysicist part of team that detects gravitational waves from second pair of colliding black holes
Margaret Mattson |
For the second time in history, a team of astrophysicists – including Sean McWilliams at West Virginia University, has observed gravitational waves – ripples in the fabric of spacetime.
WVU astrophysicists part of gravitational wave search that provides insights into galaxy evolution and mergers
Margaret Mattson |
O n the heels of their participation in the historic research that resulted in the detection of gravitational waves, West Virginia Univers ity astrophysicists continue to plow new ground and build upon their work.
Gravitational waves detected 100 years after Einstein's prediction
Margaret Mattson |
WASHINGTON D.C./MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – For the first time, scientists have observed ripples in the fabric of spacetime called gravitational waves, arriving at the earth from a cataclysmic event in the distant universe. This confirms a major prediction of Albert Einstein’s 1915 general theory of relativity and opens an unprecedented new window onto the cosmos.
NSF funds $14.5 million physics center, WVU professor named co-director
Sarah McLaughlin |
The National Science Foundation has awarded the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves $14.5 million over a five-year period to create and operate a Physics Frontiers Center aimed at using radio timing observations of pulsars with the Green Bank Telescope and Arecibo Observatory to detect and study low-frequency gravitational waves.