In our latest #SETILive #podcast, @astrosanne.bsky.social details some of the characteristics of a white dwarf star that was found to be emitting a strange, repeated radio signal. Listen to the full episode: www.seti.org/outreach/set... 🧪 🔭 👩‍🔬

WVUniverse is back! "Pulsars: Nature's Finest Clocks" is free and open to all ages, but reservations are required as seating is limited and will likely fill quickly. Reserve your seats at: gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2025/09... Featuring Duncan Lorimer, FRS October 17, 2025 6:30 p.m.

GWAC's McLaughlin awarded NSF grant to lead development of new radio telescope under construction in NV 📡 "This award will offer WVU students the unique opportunity to play critical roles in the earliest science done with this extremely sensitive new telescope.”👏 More: gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2025/09...

Thursday! Free Screening of Small Town Universe-- Free, virtual screening of the award winning, feature length documentary Small Town Universe, 09/04, 7:30 pm EST! To register, please visit kinema.com/events/Small... to get free tickets and the link for the screening and panel discussion.

Bake Sale Alert! Stop by White Hall, room 111 tomorrow for a tasty snack to get the long weekend started! All proceeds benefit the WVU Physics and Astronomy Graduate Student Organization. Noon-2:00pm/until supplies last. 🧁🍰🎂🍪 @westvirginiau.bsky.social @wvuphysastro.bsky.social

Congratulations to Abyss Halley, a first year doctoral student in WVU Physics and Astro & the Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology for being named a 2025 Ruby Fellowship Scholar. 🤩 We are so proud of Abyss! gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2025/08... @westvirginiau.bsky.social @wvuphysastro.bsky.social

Emmy Nominated Director Katie Dellamaggiore and Rescued Media will generously sponsor a free, virtual screening of the award winning, feature length documentary Small Town Universe on Thursday, September 4th, 2025 at 7:30 pm EST! youtu.be/NehqQY6rdj4?... @westvirginiau.bsky.social

We do things a little differently :) We decided to blend Plasma Research with our Astrophysics Research and offer a fully NSF funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program for summer of 2025. Success! gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2025/08... @westvirginiau.bsky.social @wvuphysastro.bsky.social

For folks interested in interstellar objects: There's a new preprint out searching for similar bodies using the latest @nanograv.bsky.social data release, led by @gwacwvu.bsky.social researchers Lankeswar Dey, Ross Jennings, Jackson Taylor, Joe Glaser, and Maura McLaughlin! arxiv.org/abs/2507.19475

Albert Einstein died on this day, April 18, 1955. It is incredible to hear Albert Einstein explain his famous formula, E=mc².

WVUniverse this evening was a huge success! Thanks to Dr. Catherine Regan for walking us through Mars exploration, past and future. @wvuphysastro.bsky.social

Tonight! All are welcome.

Congratulations Dr. Dylan Linville on his successful Ph.D. Defense yesterday! 🎉🎉🍾 @wvuphysastro.bsky.social

Announcing the @wvuphysastro.bsky.social 2025 Cooper Lecture! Our guest this year will be Professor Christopher Monroe (Duke University) and his talk is titled "Quantum Computing: Hype and Hope." April 23 at 6:00 PM, White Hall, Room G09. All are welcome.

Our next WVUniverse talk will focus on Mars and the exploration efforts in the past and what’s to come. Join us! It’s free and open to all. April 11, 6:30pm, G09 White Hall @westvirginiau.bsky.social @wvuplanetarium.bsky.social

Spring has sprung at White Hall, our home on the downtown WVU campus. 🌸 @westvirginiau.bsky.social @wvuphysastro.bsky.social

I did some cool work with Pulsar Science Collaboratory students over the last couple of years, studying giant pulses from the Crab. I'm super proud of the students for all the time and effort they put in. Look for more PSC papers coming out down the line!

Graham Doskoch, graduate student in The Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology, led a study on the unusual Crab Pulsar; the outcome was a first author paper in The Astrophysical Journal. 🙌🦀 gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2025/03... @wvuphysastro.bsky.social

Sometimes, the most amazing photos from space are of objects close to home. Or even *of* our home. This is a lunar eclipse as seen from the Moon. That black disk? That's Earth. And the ring around it? Why, that's the magic. badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/incredible... 🔭 🧪

WVUniverse is a series of public outreach talks exploring different scientific topics with an audience of all ages in mind. These talks are open to all and conclude with a fun trivia game with a chance to win prizes. No reservations are required. All are welcome!

March’s WVUniverse talk is an astrobiology talk featuring Prof. Kathleen Benison. Thanks Dr. Benison! @westvirginiau.bsky.social @wvuphysastro.bsky.social

In less than one hour! Join us for this free astrobiology talk at 6:30, G09 White Hall.

Are you a follower of our Center and want to get the newest updates in your mailbox? We will offer a monthly newsletter that does just that! Get insights on cool research, student/faculty highlights, talks, and special events. Thank you for your support! docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS....

Pie a Professor was a huge success! The big “winners” were our very own Maura McLaughlin and Duncan Lorimer. Happy Friday (and PiDay!) @westvirginiau.bsky.social @wvuphysastro.bsky.social

Pie A Professor with PAGSO 2025 was a success! Thank you to all who volunteered, donated, or otherwise participated. PAGSO raised $1,451.24, which will help to fund a new scholarship for Physics and Astronomy graduate students. See you next year at Pie A Professor 2026! 🥧💥

Pie A Professor with PAGSO 2025 was a success! Thank you to all who volunteered, donated, or otherwise participated. PAGSO raised $1,451.24, which will help to fund a new scholarship for Physics and Astronomy graduate students. See you next year at Pie A Professor 2026! 🥧💥

Today! Join us for this free talk, open to all.

Happy Pi Day!

We continue our #Webb series with more mesmerising nebulae 🌈 🔭 the Ring Nebula 💍 the Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula 🦅 the Tarantula Nebula 🕷️ the Cosmic Cliffs in the Carina Nebula ⛰️

😜Pie a Professor is today! Donate up until 3:45–get your $vote in! 🥧 all proceeds go to the WVU Physics and Astro Graduate Student Org. @westvirginiau.bsky.social @wvuphysastro.bsky.social

Nice work, Reshma Anna-Thomas! @wvuphysastro.bsky.social

It's almost that time... Join us this week on Wednesday, March 12 at 3:45pm on the first floor of White Hall to Pie A Professor! Donations will be accepted until the start of the event; ties will be honored! 🥧 DONATE NOW 🥧 @wvuphysastro.bsky.social physics.wvu.edu/news-and-eve...

I want to look up and see the Earth just hanging there in the sky all huge and blue and spinning half splashed in sunlight

Join us on March 11th as we honor Center member and WVU Professor, Sarah Burke-Spolaor. 🤩She was named the Benedum Distinguished Scholar in Physical Sciences and Technologies, and will be honored at the upcoming Benedum Distinguished Scholar Showcase. gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2025/03...

🤩Prof. Sarah Burke-Spolaor will be featured in the Benedum Distinguished Scholar's Showcase on March 11th at 7:00 p.m. Join us as we celebrate Sarah as being named a Benedum Scholar and hear her talk titled, “The Dawning Era of Supermassive Black Hole Binaries”. 🌌 provost.wvu.edu/signature-ev...

Hey amateur astronomers! There are only two days left to apply for the Rusty Schweikart Prize — $10k for exceptional work on planetary defense from incoming asteroids and comets. Check it out! www.schweickartprize.org/for-students

Our next WVUniverse talk is coming up on March 14th. Mark your calendars—we’ll see you there! @westvirginiau.bsky.social

Lots of press happening on our film screening of Small Town Universe! 📡We hope to see you there! All are welcome to this free event.🌌💫 @westvirginiau.bsky.social @wvutoday.bsky.social @wvuphysastro.bsky.social @wvuplanetarium.bsky.social

Lots of press happening on our film screening of Small Town Universe! 📡We hope to see you there! All are welcome to this free event.🌌💫 @westvirginiau.bsky.social @wvutoday.bsky.social @wvuphysastro.bsky.social @wvuplanetarium.bsky.social

What secrets lie on the far side of the Milky Way? An invisible supernova, a killer magnetar, huge spiral arms, and what might very well be the galaxy's largest star-forming nebula which absolutely stomps on the Orion Nebula. www.scientificamerican.com/article/what... 🧪 🔭

Our next WVUniverse talk is coming up on March 14th. Mark your calendars—we’ll see you there! @westvirginiau.bsky.social

Join us on March 7th as we host a free screening of the film, Small Town Universe. All are welcome to attend! gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2025/02...

🎥We have the opportunity to host a special screening of the movie, Small Town Universe. All are welcome to join us for this exclusive event, free of charge. 📡 March 7, 2025 G20 Ming Hsieh Hall 6:30 PM opening reception 7:00 PM film screening 8:00 PM panel discussion gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2025/02...

“..likened its capabilities to "sifting through a whole beach of sand to look for a single five-cent coin every minute." The system processes about 100 billion pixels per second, scanning ASKAP's "live" view of the sky in search of fleeting cosmic signals.” ie FRBs. 🏖️ www.space.com/space-explor...

Nice work!!! 🤩🤩 new paper alert!

ESA’s mission, LISA, will capture and study ripples in the fabric of spacetime. These ripples, which we call gravitational waves, are emitted during some of the most powerful events in the Universe. Find out more at 👉 esa.int/lisa

It's a sweet deal! The @wvuplanetarium.bsky.social is featuring a unique Valentine's Day interactive show on the heart-warming constellations of the Winter night sky & detailed look at the Heart Nebula. Then, a full-dome film specifically chosen for the occasion. @westvirginiau.bsky.social

HAPPENING LIVE NOW! Join us on YouTube to witness the next step of the ngVLA prototype construction: the dish being lifted onto its pedestal! 📡🏗️ Live stream starts at 8 AM MT (10 AM EST); dish expected to be in place by 10 AM MT (12 PM EST). 🔗 youtube.com/@thenrao #RadioAstronomy #Astronomy