{"597457":{"#nid":"597457","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Merging neutron stars generate gravitational waves and a celestial light show","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;This is the first time we had a 3D\u0026nbsp;IMAX view of an astronomical event,\u0026quot; says \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cadonati.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ELaura Cadonati\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E School of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E and deputy spokeperson for the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ligo.org\u0022\u003ELIGO\u003C\/a\u003E Scientific Collaboration. She\u0026#39;s referring to more than 70 observatories around the world that helped\u0026nbsp;confirm the first-ever\u0026nbsp;detection of gravitational waves and light\u0026nbsp;caused by the merger of two neutron stars. The resulting explosion and lightshow those astronomers witnessed from the merger is\u0026nbsp;called a kilonova, and it\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;the source of Earth\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;heavy elements like gold, silver, and platinum.\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 18:12:41","changed_gmt":"2017-10-16 18:47:38","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"sustainability award","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/news\/2017\/10\/merging-neutron-stars-generate-gravitational-waves-and-celestial-light-show","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":{"584668":{"id":"584668","type":"image","title":"Laura Cadonati","body":null,"created":"1480976243","gmt_created":"2016-12-05 22:17:23","changed":"1480976243","gmt_changed":"2016-12-05 22:17:23","alt":"","file":{"fid":"222923","name":"LauraCadonati.Capture.PNG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/LauraCadonati.Capture.PNG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/LauraCadonati.Capture.PNG","mime":"image\/png","size":1394252,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/LauraCadonati.Capture.PNG?itok=lQyR8eQ5"}}},"media_ids":["584668"],"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":"120191","name":"Laura Cadonati"},{"id":"175787","name":"LIGO Scientific Collaboration"},{"id":"99091","name":"Gravitational waves"},{"id":"175916","name":"Neutron Stars"},{"id":"175925","name":"kilonova"}],"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":""}}}