02.02.10 In Search of Life, Gravity Waves, and Everything.
Astronomers have added a key tool to their arsenal in probing the very early universe. LIGO, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory, is a pair of observatories one in Hanford,...
View ArticleMarch 2010: Life in the Astro-Blogosphere.
The Full Snow Moon capping off February as seen from Astroguyz HQ! (Photo by Author). This month, spring and the vernal equinox are in the air in the northern hemisphere; time for warmer...
View ArticleLIGO: A Quest for Gravity Waves.
LIGO, Livingston. (All Photos by Author). We had to go there last months NASA Tweetup at the Johnson Spaceflight Center saw us undertake the great American road trip from Astroguyz HQ north of Tampa,...
View Article15.05.10: A Speedy Binary.
Think that new Ducati in your garage is fast? Let me introduce you to HM Cancri. An unassuming +21 magnitude binary in the constellation Cancer, HM Cancri is comprised of two white dwarfs...
View ArticleReview: The Telescope by Geoff Anderson.
Few inventions are as near and dear to our hearts as that of the telescope. Before its invention, astronomy was scarcely better than its pseudo-science companion of astrology in its knowledge of...
View ArticleDeath by Gamma-Ray Burst!
An artist’s impression of a very bad day…(Credit: ESO/A. Roquette). Sure, weve all seen the movies with the impending death by asteroid or comet. You might have even heard of the havoc that can be...
View Article16.03.11: The LIGO/Virgo Collaboration Passes The Envelope.
On the hunt for Gravitational Waves in the heart of Louisiana… (Photo by Author). Amidst a week of killer-moons and earthquake paranoia, a real science story with potentially big implications was...
View Article28.03.11: Einstein@Home Bags Pulsar #2.
Pulsars in a tight orbit…(Artists conception credit: NASA/Goddard). Crowd-sourced citizen science bagged another astrophysical biggie this month. Einstein@Home, everyones favorite desktop screensaver...
View ArticleReview: Gravitys Ghost by Harry Collins.
Out from Chicago Press! Think your latest scientific quest is an impossible challenge? Let me introduce you to the team at the twin Laser Interferometry Gravitational wave Observatories (LIGO) and show...
View ArticleThe Universe: You Are Here in Time & Space.
Our present understanding of our expanding universe. (Credit: NASA/WMAP). (Editors Note: The essay that follows is a re-bloggified version of an essay I wrote in our quest for a science teaching...
View ArticleAstro-Vid Of the Week: A New Look at LIGO
The entrance to LIGO Livingston. (Photo by Author) An exciting astronomical observatory is finally be getting the recognition it deserves. Weve written about the Laser Interferometer Gravitational...
View ArticleAstro-Vid Of the Week: Watch the Full-Length LIGO Documentary
It’s not the Death Star… firing up the laser at LIGO. Credit: NSF/LIGO, Used with permission. It has arrived. The search for gravitational waves is big news right now, and the hunt has heated up thanks...
View ArticleMoved by Gravitational Waves
Where history was made… LIGO Hanford. Photo by the author. By now, you’ve heard the news: Gravitational Waves have been detected by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) for...
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