astrophysics
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Watch Live As Physicists Discuss Today’s Gravitational Wave Announcement
Video: The rumours were true! This morning leaders of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) announced the first direct detection of gravitational waves. In honour of this momentous discovery, the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Ontario, is hosting a live webcast today at 1pm EST (5am AEDT): “Ripple Effects: A Forum on Gravitational Waves”.
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Kepler May Be The Most Productive Broken Telescope Ever
The Kepler spacecraft came roaring back into the news last week, when scientists announced that the plucky little planet hunter had unearthed hundreds of new exoplanets in our cosmic backyard, despite being literally broken. But that’s not all Kepler’s been up to — by a long shot.
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Astronomers Want To Build A 12 Metre Space Telescope To Find The Next Earth
With Pluto millions of kilometres behind us and construction of the James Webb Space Telescope moving swiftly along, astronomers are already thinking about the Next Big Mission. At the top of their wish list? A 12m-wide orbital telescope that will search for proof of life beyond Earth.
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A Groundbreaking Physics Laboratory Is About To Blast Into Space
A remarkable scientific experiment is about to leave Earth on a six week journey that will end a million kilometres away. The LISA Pathfinder marks the beginning of humanity’s outer space hunt for the elusive gravitational waves first predicted by Albert Einstein a century ago.