Colliding Neutron Stars Seen by Gravity Waves and Optical Telescopes

Andy Fell — October 16, 2017 - 11:49am

For the first time, astronomers have observed a celestial event through both conventional telescopes and gravitational waves. The collision of two super-dense neutron stars just 120 million light-years from Earth was captured by both gravity wave observatories (Laser Interferometer Gravitational Observatory, LIGO in the U.S., and Virgo in Italy) and telescopes including the DLT40 survey based in Chile. The results are published Oct.

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Colliding Neutron Stars Seen by Gravity Waves and Optical Telescopes