Caitlin Witt, has been awarded the prestigious CIERA-Adler Postdoctoral Fellowship in Chicago, Illinois.
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Cosmic flashes pinpointed to a surprising location in space
Holly Legleiter |
Astronomers have been surprised by the closest source of the mysterious flashes in the sky known as fast radio bursts. Precision measurements with radio telescopes reveal that the bursts are made among old stars, and in a way that no one was expecting. The source of the flashes, in nearby spiral galaxy M 81, is the closest of its kind to Earth.
WVU’s Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology faculty on international team to receive the Honorary 2022 Berkeley Prize
Holly Legleiter |
Honored for their innovative work in the field of fast radio bursts utilizing the CHIME radio telescope, the international CHIME/FRB team will receive the 2022 Berkeley prize for its dramatic progress on fast radio bursts (FRBs).
World-wide radio telescope network strengthens evidence for signal that may hint at ultra-low frequency gravitational waves
Holly Legleiter |
An international team of astronomers, including members of the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav), has announced the results of a comprehensive search for ripples in the fabric of space-time – known as gravitational waves. The team searched for low-frequency gravitational waves, which can originate from supermassive black hole binaries residing in galaxies or from events occurring soon after the formation of the universe in the Big Bang. Detecting these low-frequency signals will open a brand-new window in the gravitational wave spectrum and help scientists enhance their understanding of the evolution of galaxies, their central black holes, and the early universe.
Christine Ye named one of the top 300 Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholars
Holly Legleiter |
Christine Ye, a high school senior at Eastlake High School and a student in the Pulsar Search Collaboratory, was recently named one of the top 300 scholars in the 2022 Regeneron Science Talent Search competition.
Haley Wahl awarded an American Astronomical Society Media Fellowship
Holly Legleiter |
Haley Wahl, a fifth year PhD student in Physics and Astronomy at WVU, has been awarded
the
AAS (American Astronomical Society) Media Fellowship.
Mountaineers reunite at 2021 Fall NANOGrav Meeting
Holly Legleiter |
West Virginia University was well represented by both current and former Mountaineers at the 2021 Fall NANOGrav Collaboration meeting last week at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. The meeting was held October 13-15, 2021 and included scientific talks, special guest speakers, poster sessions, and panel discussions.