Press Releases & Media Coverage
Video of Press Conference:
Watch Ryan Foley tell the story of how his team found the neutron star merger in the video below.
Press releases:
Carnegie Institution of Science Press Release
LIGO Collaboration Press Release
National Science Foundation Press Release
Media coverage:
The Atlantic - The Slack Chat That Changed Astronomy
Washington Post - Scientists detect gravitational waves from a new kind of nova, sparking a new era in astronomy
New York Times - LIGO Detects Fierce Collision of Neutron Stars for the First Time
Science - Merging neutron stars generate gravitational waves and a celestial light show
CBS News - Gravitational waves – and light – seen in neutron star collision
CBC News - Astronomers see source of gravitational waves for 1st time
San Jose Mercury News - A bright light seen across the universe, proving Einstein right
Popular Science - Gravitational waves just showed us something even cooler than black holes
Scientific American - Gravitational Wave Astronomers Hit Mother Lode
Nature - Colliding stars spark rush to solve cosmic mysteries
National Geographic - In a First, Gravitational Waves Linked to Neutron Star Crash
Associated Press - Astronomers witness huge cosmic crash, find origins of gold
Science News - Neutron star collision showers the universe with a wealth of discoveries