N3AS Newscenter
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Neutron Star Wars: The Strong Force Awakens
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, two neutron stars entered a collision course. Locked in an orbit around each other for millions of years, their separation became shorter as they revolved faster [...]
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New: NSF Partnerships for Research and Education in Physics (PREP)
The NSF Division of Physics’ PREP program aims to grow partnerships between minority-serving institutions and Division-supported Physics Frontiers Centers.
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Electromagnetic Signatures from the Tidal Tail of a Black Hole – Neutron Star Merger
Black hole – neutron star (BH-NS) mergers are a major target for ground-based gravitational wave (GW) observatories. In its third observing run, the GW detector network (advance LIGO, Virgo, KAGRA) […]
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Apply to our 2021 Undergraduate Research Program!
Applications are now open! Students will be supported by N3AS in developing research with a scientific mentor, and working with a career mentor.
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r-Process Radioisotopes from Near-Earth Supernovae and Kilonovae
Near-Earth explosive events are inevitable. Supernovae (SN) explode in our Milky Way roughly every ∼ 30 year (yr) on average. This suggests that supernova explosions within 100 pc of Earth are expected to have occurred every few Myr.