35 new gravitational wave observations bring researchers closer to uncovering the secrets of how stars live and die
A global team of scientists, including researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC), have detected thirty-five new gravitational wave events, including colliding black holes and neutron stars. The new events, detailed in today’s paper, bring the total number of observed events to 90 since the first detection of gravitational waves in 2015. Gravitational waves are […]
LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA finds elusive mergers of black holes with neutron stars
For the first time, researchers have confirmed the detection of a collision between a black hole and a neutron star. In fact, the scientists – including those at the University of British Columbia – detected not one but two such events occurring just ten days apart in January 2020. The extreme events made splashes in […]
UBC LIGO researchers receive federal funding to support breakthrough & interdisciplinary research
UBC Physics & Astronomy researchers, including UBC LIGO team members Jess McIver, Joerg Rottler, and Jeff Young, have been awarded the federal New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) 2020 Exploration Stream. This funding, each in the amount of $250K, will support high-risk, high-reward and interdisciplinary research. The two UBC LIGO projects are among the 7 […]
