OpinionSeptember 4, 2024
Black Hole Detectors Fulfill Moore’s Law
A famous prediction that microchips improve exponentially over time can be applicable in unrelated developments, such as the technology used to discover colliding black holes
Stories by Imre Bartos
Imre Bartos is an associate professor in the Institute for High Energy Physics and Astrophysics at the University of Florida and a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the LISA Consortium and the Cosmic Explorer Consortium.
OpinionMay 22, 2023
Six Gravitational-Wave Breakthroughs Scientists Can’t Wait to See
After years of downtime for upgrades, the world’s premier gravitational-wave observatories are coming back online with big hopes for transformative discoveries
Space & PhysicsMay 23, 2019
Where (Some of) Earth’s Gold Came From
Of all of that precious metal ever refined, 600 tons were created in a collision between two neutron stars 1,000 light-years away and 4.6 billion years ago