{"597445":{"#nid":"597445","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"For the first time, astronomers detect gravitational waves from two neutron stars colliding","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Aug.17, 2017, detection of gravitational waves and light from the merger of two neutron stars\u0026nbsp;set off a race against time around the globe. Astronomers\u0026nbsp;scrambled to confirm data that could be\u0026nbsp;seen by telescopes and measured by gamma-ray, x-ray and radio wave detection equipment before they\u0026nbsp;all faded away.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cadonati.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ELaura Cadonati\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ligo.org\u0022\u003ELIGO Scientific Collaboration\u003C\/a\u003E deputy spokesperson, explains how these gravitational waves lasted longer than those from four previous incidents caused by\u0026nbsp;black hole collisions. Cadonati is a member of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cra.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ECenter for Relativistic Astrophysics\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2017-10-16 16:26:04","changed_gmt":"2017-10-16 18:20:03","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"advice for students","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2017\/10\/16\/16471616\/gravitational-waves-ligo-virgo-neutron-stars-merger-multi-messenger-astronomy","dateline":{"date":"2017-10-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-10-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"592333":{"id":"592333","type":"image","title":"Laura Cadonati","body":null,"created":"1496335703","gmt_created":"2017-06-01 16:48:23","changed":"1496335703","gmt_changed":"2017-06-01 16:48:23","alt":"","file":{"fid":"225753","name":"Laura Cadonati .jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Laura%20Cadonati%20.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Laura%20Cadonati%20.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1565511,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Laura%20Cadonati%20.jpg?itok=NVtcgXgm"}}},"media_ids":["592333"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"91741","name":"Center for Relativistic Astrophysics"},{"id":"120191","name":"Laura Cadonati"},{"id":"175787","name":"LIGO Scientific Collaboration"},{"id":"99091","name":"Gravitational waves"},{"id":"175916","name":"Neutron Stars"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}