Scientists spot explosive counterpart of LIGO/Virgo’s latest gravitational waves
- Brandeis University
- Chile
- Dark Energy Survey
- gravitational wave
- Illinois
- kilonova
- LIGO
- Louisiana
- Ohio
- Ohio University
- Texas
- Texas A&M University
- University of Chicago
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Virgo
- Washington
A team of scientists using the Dark Energy Camera was among the first to observe the fiery aftermath of a recently detected burst of gravitational waves, recording images of the first confirmed explosion from two colliding neutron stars ever seen by astronomers.