Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology
@gwacwvu.bsky.social
We are a scientific Center with experts in observational and theoretical astrophysics, radio instrumentation, gravitational wave astrophysics, multi-messenger astronomy, fast radio bursts, cosmology, galaxy formation and pulsars. https://gwac.wvu.edu/home
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NSF-funded Astrophysics and Plasma Physics REU Program 2026! Are you an undergraduate student looking for a paid research opportunity this summer? We got you!
Research projects will focus on space plasma physics, magnetic reconnection, pulsars, supernova remnants, & more.
gwac.wvu.edu/reu
#REU
Research projects will focus on space plasma physics, magnetic reconnection, pulsars, supernova remnants, & more.
gwac.wvu.edu/reu
#REU
WVUniverse talks are general audience, outreach talks that explore different fields of astronomy like cosmology, instrumentation, astrobiology, planetary science & more.
WVUniverse presents:
How to Sail the Solar Storms: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Explosive Events at the Sun and Beyond
WVUniverse presents:
How to Sail the Solar Storms: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Explosive Events at the Sun and Beyond
The first WVUniverse talk of 2026 will be explosive with
gwac.wvu.edu
January 13, 2026 at 2:27 PM
WVUniverse talks are general audience, outreach talks that explore different fields of astronomy like cosmology, instrumentation, astrobiology, planetary science & more.
WVUniverse presents:
How to Sail the Solar Storms: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Explosive Events at the Sun and Beyond
WVUniverse presents:
How to Sail the Solar Storms: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Explosive Events at the Sun and Beyond
The first WVUniverse talk for the new year will be an 'explosive' one!
Event Information: gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2026/01...
Event Information: gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2026/01...
January 13, 2026 at 2:23 PM
The first WVUniverse talk for the new year will be an 'explosive' one!
Event Information: gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2026/01...
Event Information: gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2026/01...
Are you an undergraduate student looking for PAID research experience in physics and astronomy this summer? Come and work alongside the top experts in the fields of cosmology, astronomy, plasma physics, space physics, instrumentation and more. Applications are now being accepted.
gwac.wvu.edu/reu
gwac.wvu.edu/reu
January 9, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Are you an undergraduate student looking for PAID research experience in physics and astronomy this summer? Come and work alongside the top experts in the fields of cosmology, astronomy, plasma physics, space physics, instrumentation and more. Applications are now being accepted.
gwac.wvu.edu/reu
gwac.wvu.edu/reu
Are you an undergraduate student looking for PAID research experience in physics and astronomy? Look no further! We offer a 10 week Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program, funded by the National Science Foundation, in beautiful Morgantown, WV.
More information: gwac.wvu.edu/reu
More information: gwac.wvu.edu/reu
January 9, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Are you an undergraduate student looking for PAID research experience in physics and astronomy? Look no further! We offer a 10 week Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program, funded by the National Science Foundation, in beautiful Morgantown, WV.
More information: gwac.wvu.edu/reu
More information: gwac.wvu.edu/reu
Here's a great feature on Maura McLaughlin, one of our members, and Co-PIs of the @nanograv.bsky.social Collaboration, who was one of the Keynote Speakers at #AAS247. Thanks, @aasnova.org and @astrobites.bsky.social!
@westvirginiau.bsky.social @wvuphysastro.bsky.social
@westvirginiau.bsky.social @wvuphysastro.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Here's a great feature on Maura McLaughlin, one of our members, and Co-PIs of the @nanograv.bsky.social Collaboration, who was one of the Keynote Speakers at #AAS247. Thanks, @aasnova.org and @astrobites.bsky.social!
@westvirginiau.bsky.social @wvuphysastro.bsky.social
@westvirginiau.bsky.social @wvuphysastro.bsky.social
It’s been a busy week of winning at the @aas.org annual meeting in Phoenix, AZ! We are incredibly proud of Maura McLaughlin and her co-PI Xavier Siemens who represent the NANOGrav Collaboration. Both were recognized today with the 2025 Bruno Rossi Prize. head.aas.org/rossi/rossi....
January 8, 2026 at 8:56 PM
It’s been a busy week of winning at the @aas.org annual meeting in Phoenix, AZ! We are incredibly proud of Maura McLaughlin and her co-PI Xavier Siemens who represent the NANOGrav Collaboration. Both were recognized today with the 2025 Bruno Rossi Prize. head.aas.org/rossi/rossi....
It's been a wild week at #AAS247 in Phoenix! We are proud of Maura McLaughlin and Xavi Siemens who won the 2025 Rossi Prize on behalf of the @nanograv.bsky.social Collaboration!
January 8, 2026 at 8:31 PM
It's been a wild week at #AAS247 in Phoenix! We are proud of Maura McLaughlin and Xavi Siemens who won the 2025 Rossi Prize on behalf of the @nanograv.bsky.social Collaboration!
We want to wish you all a safe and happy new year. Happy Holidays!
December 25, 2025 at 5:46 AM
We want to wish you all a safe and happy new year. Happy Holidays!
NSF-funded Astrophysics and Plasma Physics REU Program 2026! Are you an undergraduate student looking for a paid research opportunity this summer? We got you!
Research projects will focus on space plasma physics, magnetic reconnection, pulsars, supernova remnants, & more.
gwac.wvu.edu/reu
#REU
Research projects will focus on space plasma physics, magnetic reconnection, pulsars, supernova remnants, & more.
gwac.wvu.edu/reu
#REU
December 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
NSF-funded Astrophysics and Plasma Physics REU Program 2026! Are you an undergraduate student looking for a paid research opportunity this summer? We got you!
Research projects will focus on space plasma physics, magnetic reconnection, pulsars, supernova remnants, & more.
gwac.wvu.edu/reu
#REU
Research projects will focus on space plasma physics, magnetic reconnection, pulsars, supernova remnants, & more.
gwac.wvu.edu/reu
#REU
Our researchers on the CHIME team had a big moment in 2025 as the team discovered the repeating fast radio burst source FRB 20240209A. Our Center researchers part of the discovery were Mohit Bhardwaj, Emmanuel Fonseca, Bikash Kharel, & Swarali Patil. 🤩🤩🤩🤩
aasnova.org/2025/12/17/s...
aasnova.org/2025/12/17/s...
Selections from 2025: A Repeating Fast Radio Burst in a Quiescent Galaxy
The repeating fast radio burst source FRB 20240209A is the only known repeating burst to come from a quiescent galaxy.
aasnova.org
December 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Our researchers on the CHIME team had a big moment in 2025 as the team discovered the repeating fast radio burst source FRB 20240209A. Our Center researchers part of the discovery were Mohit Bhardwaj, Emmanuel Fonseca, Bikash Kharel, & Swarali Patil. 🤩🤩🤩🤩
aasnova.org/2025/12/17/s...
aasnova.org/2025/12/17/s...
Tomorrow! 🔭We will place bets that is will be one of the best WVUniverse talks of the year. Graham brings a witty approach to his talks; this one promises to be a fun one as he does a deep dive into this historical account in radio astronomy. Free and open to all ages.
gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2025/11...
gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2025/11...
December 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Tomorrow! 🔭We will place bets that is will be one of the best WVUniverse talks of the year. Graham brings a witty approach to his talks; this one promises to be a fun one as he does a deep dive into this historical account in radio astronomy. Free and open to all ages.
gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2025/11...
gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2025/11...
This Friday! Come and learn about wild historical events and how the space shuttle helped shape the field of radio astronomy.
Laughs guaranteed!
The talk is free and open to all ages.
gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2025/11...
@westvirginiau.bsky.social
Laughs guaranteed!
The talk is free and open to all ages.
gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2025/11...
@westvirginiau.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This Friday! Come and learn about wild historical events and how the space shuttle helped shape the field of radio astronomy.
Laughs guaranteed!
The talk is free and open to all ages.
gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2025/11...
@westvirginiau.bsky.social
Laughs guaranteed!
The talk is free and open to all ages.
gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2025/11...
@westvirginiau.bsky.social
We have PAID undergraduate research opportunities this summer! Dates: May 18-July 24, 2026
Program details can be found at: gwac.wvu.edu/reu
Research projects will focus on space and laboratory plasma physics, magnetic reconnection, pulsars, supernova remnants, and telescope instrumentation.
Program details can be found at: gwac.wvu.edu/reu
Research projects will focus on space and laboratory plasma physics, magnetic reconnection, pulsars, supernova remnants, and telescope instrumentation.
December 4, 2025 at 11:20 PM
We have PAID undergraduate research opportunities this summer! Dates: May 18-July 24, 2026
Program details can be found at: gwac.wvu.edu/reu
Research projects will focus on space and laboratory plasma physics, magnetic reconnection, pulsars, supernova remnants, and telescope instrumentation.
Program details can be found at: gwac.wvu.edu/reu
Research projects will focus on space and laboratory plasma physics, magnetic reconnection, pulsars, supernova remnants, and telescope instrumentation.
PAID research opportunities this summer! We have an NSF-funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program here in the prestigious @wvuphysastro.bsky.social
Program dates are May 18-July 2026
Program details can be found at: gwac.wvu.edu/reu
Program dates are May 18-July 2026
Program details can be found at: gwac.wvu.edu/reu
December 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
PAID research opportunities this summer! We have an NSF-funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program here in the prestigious @wvuphysastro.bsky.social
Program dates are May 18-July 2026
Program details can be found at: gwac.wvu.edu/reu
Program dates are May 18-July 2026
Program details can be found at: gwac.wvu.edu/reu
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Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities #IDPwD.
ESA keeps moving forward the conversation to break down barriers and make space and science accessible to all.
#EveryoneIncluded #AccessibleWorld
ESA keeps moving forward the conversation to break down barriers and make space and science accessible to all.
#EveryoneIncluded #AccessibleWorld
December 3, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities #IDPwD.
ESA keeps moving forward the conversation to break down barriers and make space and science accessible to all.
#EveryoneIncluded #AccessibleWorld
ESA keeps moving forward the conversation to break down barriers and make space and science accessible to all.
#EveryoneIncluded #AccessibleWorld
Join us for the last WVUniverse talk of 2025! This talk, featuring Graham Doskoch, will blend history, radio astronomy and the space race. You won't want to miss this all-ages talk. Grab your family and friends, and join us. gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2025/11...
@westvirginiau.bsky.social
@westvirginiau.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Join us for the last WVUniverse talk of 2025! This talk, featuring Graham Doskoch, will blend history, radio astronomy and the space race. You won't want to miss this all-ages talk. Grab your family and friends, and join us. gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2025/11...
@westvirginiau.bsky.social
@westvirginiau.bsky.social
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In a recent episode of SETI Live, SETI Institute Deputy Director Dr. Simon Steel spoke with astronomer Dr. Melissa McClure of Leiden University about a groundbreaking discovery: the earliest stages of planet formation caught in action. 🧪 🔭 👩🔬
Learn more: www.seti.org/news/birth-o...
Learn more: www.seti.org/news/birth-o...
Birth of Planets: JWST Spots Hot Mineral Condensation in a Proto-Stellar System
www.seti.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
In a recent episode of SETI Live, SETI Institute Deputy Director Dr. Simon Steel spoke with astronomer Dr. Melissa McClure of Leiden University about a groundbreaking discovery: the earliest stages of planet formation caught in action. 🧪 🔭 👩🔬
Learn more: www.seti.org/news/birth-o...
Learn more: www.seti.org/news/birth-o...
New paper Thursday! ✨💫
Evidence for a Hot Galactic Halo around the Andromeda Galaxy Using Fast Radio Bursts along Two Sightlines:
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
Evidence for a Hot Galactic Halo around the Andromeda Galaxy Using Fast Radio Bursts along Two Sightlines:
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
November 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
New paper Thursday! ✨💫
Evidence for a Hot Galactic Halo around the Andromeda Galaxy Using Fast Radio Bursts along Two Sightlines:
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
Evidence for a Hot Galactic Halo around the Andromeda Galaxy Using Fast Radio Bursts along Two Sightlines:
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
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We are pleased to announce our discovery of #GW241011 and #GW241110
Both come from binary black holes where one black hole is much larger than the other. The larger black holes have large spin. Could these black holes have formed in a previous merger?
ligo.org/science-summ...
#O4IsHere 🔭🧪⚛️☄️
Both come from binary black holes where one black hole is much larger than the other. The larger black holes have large spin. Could these black holes have formed in a previous merger?
ligo.org/science-summ...
#O4IsHere 🔭🧪⚛️☄️
October 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
We are pleased to announce our discovery of #GW241011 and #GW241110
Both come from binary black holes where one black hole is much larger than the other. The larger black holes have large spin. Could these black holes have formed in a previous merger?
ligo.org/science-summ...
#O4IsHere 🔭🧪⚛️☄️
Both come from binary black holes where one black hole is much larger than the other. The larger black holes have large spin. Could these black holes have formed in a previous merger?
ligo.org/science-summ...
#O4IsHere 🔭🧪⚛️☄️
Graduate student Jordan O’Kelley was joined by Maura McLaughlin and Jason Ybarra at the annual College Autism Summit hosted by the College Autism Network in Pittsburgh, PA.
Great work, Jordan!
@westvirginiau.bsky.social
@wvuphysastro.bsky.social
Great work, Jordan!
@westvirginiau.bsky.social
@wvuphysastro.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Graduate student Jordan O’Kelley was joined by Maura McLaughlin and Jason Ybarra at the annual College Autism Summit hosted by the College Autism Network in Pittsburgh, PA.
Great work, Jordan!
@westvirginiau.bsky.social
@wvuphysastro.bsky.social
Great work, Jordan!
@westvirginiau.bsky.social
@wvuphysastro.bsky.social
WVUniverse presents "Mysterious, Marvelous Cryogeology" with Caitlin Ahrens, PhD. We’ll explore weird ice geology in the solar system.
"Mysterious, Marvelous Cryogeology" is free and open to all ages.
November 14, 2025
6:30 PM EST
For more information, please visit: gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2025/10...
"Mysterious, Marvelous Cryogeology" is free and open to all ages.
November 14, 2025
6:30 PM EST
For more information, please visit: gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2025/10...
October 31, 2025 at 7:33 PM
WVUniverse presents "Mysterious, Marvelous Cryogeology" with Caitlin Ahrens, PhD. We’ll explore weird ice geology in the solar system.
"Mysterious, Marvelous Cryogeology" is free and open to all ages.
November 14, 2025
6:30 PM EST
For more information, please visit: gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2025/10...
"Mysterious, Marvelous Cryogeology" is free and open to all ages.
November 14, 2025
6:30 PM EST
For more information, please visit: gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2025/10...
Scientists know dark energy makes up ~ 70% of the universe & is responsible for the universe’s accelerating expansion. Beyond that, little about it is certain; WVU's Kevin Bandura is enhancing the calibration of telescopes that tell astronomers about dark energy.
📡🌠
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📡🌠
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October 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Scientists know dark energy makes up ~ 70% of the universe & is responsible for the universe’s accelerating expansion. Beyond that, little about it is certain; WVU's Kevin Bandura is enhancing the calibration of telescopes that tell astronomers about dark energy.
📡🌠
gwac.wvu.edu/.../wvu-engi....
📡🌠
gwac.wvu.edu/.../wvu-engi....
"Pulsars: Nature's Finest Clocks" will explore pulsars & include a fun trivia quiz/prizes! This special WVUniverse talk in the WVU Planetarium dome & will offer a sneak peek surprise. 😉 You don't want to miss it! Get your free tickets: www.ticketsource.com/booking/t-ya...
@westvirginiau.bsky.social
@westvirginiau.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
"Pulsars: Nature's Finest Clocks" will explore pulsars & include a fun trivia quiz/prizes! This special WVUniverse talk in the WVU Planetarium dome & will offer a sneak peek surprise. 😉 You don't want to miss it! Get your free tickets: www.ticketsource.com/booking/t-ya...
@westvirginiau.bsky.social
@westvirginiau.bsky.social
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In our latest #SETILive #podcast, @astrosanne.bsky.social details some of the characteristics of a white dwarf star that was found to be emitting a strange, repeated radio signal. Listen to the full episode: www.seti.org/outreach/set... 🧪 🔭 👩🔬
October 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
In our latest #SETILive #podcast, @astrosanne.bsky.social details some of the characteristics of a white dwarf star that was found to be emitting a strange, repeated radio signal. Listen to the full episode: www.seti.org/outreach/set... 🧪 🔭 👩🔬
WVUniverse is back! "Pulsars: Nature's Finest Clocks" is free and open to all ages, but reservations are required as seating is limited and will likely fill quickly. Reserve your seats at:
gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2025/09...
Featuring Duncan Lorimer, FRS
October 17, 2025
6:30 p.m.
gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2025/09...
Featuring Duncan Lorimer, FRS
October 17, 2025
6:30 p.m.
September 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
WVUniverse is back! "Pulsars: Nature's Finest Clocks" is free and open to all ages, but reservations are required as seating is limited and will likely fill quickly. Reserve your seats at:
gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2025/09...
Featuring Duncan Lorimer, FRS
October 17, 2025
6:30 p.m.
gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2025/09...
Featuring Duncan Lorimer, FRS
October 17, 2025
6:30 p.m.