Reunion in Charm City!
GWAC graduate students and faculty met up in Baltimore for lunch. We love a good GWAC lunch! ☺️
📸 Sarah Burke Spolaor
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I spy another guest lecture by a GWAC researcher.
Here is a nice summary of Prof. Maura McLaughlin's guest lecture at Bowdoin College, Maine, where she dives into pulsar astronomy and gravitational wave astronomy.
bowdoinorient.com/2026/04/10/d...
All are welcome to join us in the WVU Planetarium dome for "Touching Infinity: Imaging Black Holes and Testing Gravity" with our special guest, Prof. Dimitrios Psaltis.
April 28, 2026, 6:30 PM EST
Free and no reservations required. We hope to see you there!
The Event Horizon Telescope has made it a reality and now lets us place the strongest tests yet on Einstein's theories in the most extreme environments in the Universe. Join us as we explore black holes and the future of visual observation and exploration. gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2026/04...
Last but not least!
Our final WVUniverse talk for the spring promises to be a proper finale. Taking pictures of black holes was once thought impossible.
gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2026/04...
Congratulations to DR. Siddarth Mahesh on a successful defense!
Branded headshot of Joseph Glaser, PhD, Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology
GWAC's Joseph Glaser with Times West Virginian re NASA's Dragonfly mission. “The idea was that maybe there’s liquid water underneath the surface of Titan that could mix with the liquid methane and hydrocarbons,” “And then you have the possibility of life forming." 🌚
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A Center researcher standing in front of research plots during a community outreach talk
Three undergraduate students attending an AAS Conference where they presented their research.
Undergraduate students standing outside while using the rooftop telescope on White Hall, WVU.
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"Astronomers are exploring the possibility of "exotrojans" orbiting distant pulsars, using innovative methods to detect these elusive objects that could reshape our understanding of co-orbital dynamics in extreme environments." Jackson's paper is getting popular!
dailygalaxy.com/2026/03/exot...
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We aren't surprised.
Center graduate student Jackson Taylor's recently published paper has gained traction. Here is a nice recap via Phys.org on Jackson's project to search for exotrojans in pulsar binary systems.
phys.org/news/2026-03...
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Tomorrow!!!
@westvirginiau.bsky.social Day of Giving is happening tomorrow, March 25th, and we are here for it! If you have ever considered supporting the Center, this is it. Help us raise impactful funds for our student researchers.
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we are hiring!
We are looking for our newest team member! 😎 The Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology is hiring an Events and Communications Coordinator. Please share 🌟😎
Details: gwac.wvu.edu/jobs
TODAY! Join us this evening for "Backyard Radio Astronomy" in the WVU Planetarium at 6:30 PM EST. This talk is free and perfect for all ages. See you in the dome! 🔭@wvuplanetarium.bsky.social @wvuphysastro.bsky.social @westvirginiau.bsky.social
Details: gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2026/03...
Searching for Pulsar-Bound Exotrojans-gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2026/03/10/trailbla... via @ioppublishing.bsky.social
First author publication alert! Jackson Taylor's paper just dropped. 🤩🤩Searching for Exotrojans in Pulsar Systems
doi.org/10.3847/1538...
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“The long and great history of astronomy teaches us that discovery comes from looking where no one has looked before, and I see no reason to stop now.” Jackson Taylor leads the search for Pulsar-Bound Exotrojans. ✨🤩
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Backyard Radio Astronomy flyer with a headshot of speaker, Kevin Bandura and a telescope in foreground.
WVUniverse presents "Backyard Radio Astronomy"- Audiences will learn how to build their own small radio telescope 🔭& make your own radio observations of our Milky Way galaxy! All are welcome to join us in the WVU Planetarium dome for this free talk perfect for all ages. gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2026/03...
Headshot of Swarali Patil with Gravitational Waves and Comsology wordmark.
Mind the (Detection) Gap!
That dark void in our frame of the sky that blocks signals of Fast Radio Bursts? Swarali Patil offers new information and ground breaking details on this dark patch of the sky better known as the detection gap or Zone of Avoidance.
gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2026/02...
@astrokatie.com is always amazing.
The Physics & Astronomy Graduate Student Organization (PAGSO) is hosting the annual Pie a Professor event.
The participating faculty members who receive the most donations in their name will be pied in the face with whipped cream!
Anyone can donate.
LET'S DO THIS: physics.wvu.edu/pie-a-profes...
We can do better than this!
Pie a Professor Countdown is on! Current rankings: Maura McLaughlin $220, Thomas Steinberger $59.50, Earl Scime $59,Mikel Holcomb, $21.50, Emmanuel Fonseca $21, Duncan Lorimer $20
We need to get Duncan & Emmanuel to the top. Donate: physics.wvu.edu/pie-a-profes...
We agree, @rami.spaceaustralia.com! Percy no longer needs to constantly check their printed Mapquest directions! 😉🤩
From Elise Koo: Astronomers have tuned their radio telescopes to YZ Ceti, and it might be crackling with a magnetic conversation of a star and its planet. Is this a breakthrough detection, or just stellar noise playing tricks on us? ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️ 🧪
astrobites.org/2026/02/24/radio_yz_ceti/
World-renowned astrophysicist Prof Duncan Lorimer states the "universe is expanding" and that with "new and improved telescopes coming up in the US and Canada, we can find out more deep mysteries of this universe."
Read more at:
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/...
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