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Sackler Lecture: Gravitational-Wave Discoveries Driving the Promise of Multi-Messenger Astronomy
September 12, 2017
Sackler Speaker: Vicky Kalogera (Northwestern University)
Abstract: The LIGO detectors have opened for us a new way…
Jamboree 2017
August 29, 2017
Targeted towards incoming postdocs/grads and anyone who wants to learn more about CITA, this is an annual event wit…
New TRAPPIST-1 Web App Launched
August 8, 2017
TRAPPIST-1 is the most musical system ever discovered and now you can conduct its planetary symphony by simply pressing…
Observation of a 50-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence
June 1, 2017
This morning, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) announced its third detection of…
How fine-tuned harmonies saves TRAPPIST-1 from destruction
May 10, 2017
Author: Dan Tamayo
In February of this year, a European-led team of astronomers announced that TRAPPIST-1, one of…
The TRAPPIST-1 Treasure Trove (Classroom Visit)
April 3, 2017
The TRAPPIST-1 Treasure Trove (Classroom Visit)
In February of 2017, astronomers announced an exciting development…
CITA research featured on CBC News
March 27, 2017
Research on gravitational waves by CITA Professor Harald Pfeiffer has been featured on CBC news.
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Sackler Lecture: ‘Einstein’s Waves: New Cosmic Sounds’
March 2, 2017
Sackler Speaker: Vicky Kalogera (Northwestern University)
Abstract: One century following Einstein’s prediction…
CITA Research Featured on AAS Nova
February 22, 2017
Research on structures in the interstellar medium by CITA professor Peter Martin and former CITA postdoc fellow Kevin…
CITA Professor Peter Martin named Officer of the Order of Canada
January 2, 2017
CITA Professor Peter Martin has been named an Officer of the Order of Canada. The formal citation was “For his…