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A needle in a haystack? Pan Starrs telescope is scanning billions of galaxies to find the black holes emitting gravitational waves.

February 16, 2016

How did the odd black holes detected by LIGO form – and can we spot them in the sky?

Stephen Smartt, Queen's University Belfast

The hunt to find the source of the gravitational waves detected by LIGO on the sky is only just starting.

Massive bodies can send ripples through space time in the form of gravitational waves. NASA

February 11, 2016

Gravitational waves discovered: top scientists respond

Keith Riles, University of Michigan; Alan Duffy, Swinburne University of Technology; Amanda Weltman, University of Cape Town; Daniel Kennefick, University of Arkansas; David Parkinson, The University of Queensland; Maria Womack, University of South Florida; Stephen Smartt, Queen's University Belfast; Tamara Davis, The University of Queensland, and Tara Murphy, University of Sydney

The long awaited discovery of gravitational waves has sent ripples through the scientific world. Here top experts respond to the historic announcement.

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