Gravitational Waves and Cosmic Collisions: 5 Questions with Dr. Ryan DeRosa
- By Raleigh McElvery
- October 10, 2017
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Meet Dr. Ryan DeRosa, one of the newest additions to our Astrophysics Science Division. His research is pretty out there, and we mean that literally since he aims to detect cosmic reverberations from billions of light-years away. He started out working on the massive, L-shaped gravitational wave detectors of the … Continue Reading →
Shock Waves Power an Exploding Star
- By Raleigh McElvery
- September 5, 2017
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Roughly 50 times each year, a star nearing the end of its life accretes too much material from a close companion star and erupts in a violent display of light — shedding its outer surface and propelling shock waves into our galaxy — only to recover and smolder as it … Continue Reading →
