Gravitational Waves in the News

PhysOrg.Com News:	Listening to the stars
Daily Anthenaeum:	Pulsars will help gravitational force research
Physics World:	New pulsars could net gravitational waves
Nature:	Pulsar watchers race for gravity waves
New Scientist:	Pulsars' beat could reveal gravity waves
Universe Today:	New Pulsar “Clocks” Will Aid Gravitational Wave Detection
Business Day:	South African scientists are getting ready to join the global hunt for gravitational waves

Our Mission

The NANOGrav Collaboration's goal is to observe gravitational waves from the near and distant universe and, with those observations, inaugurate the field of gravitational wave astronomy. Our focus is on gravitational waves ranging from nanohertz to microhertz frequencies, which we will detect using a galactic scale gravitational wave detector, constructed from a collection of millisecond pulsars timed with precision of tens to hundreds of nanoseconds.

PIRE Program

NANOGrav is proud to host a National Science Foundation Partnership for International Research and Education (PIRE) program. Our PIRE program helps fund our international research activities and provides international education opportunities for our students and postdocs. To find out more about our PIRE program visit our dedicated PIRE Web Site>>

International Partnerships

Pulsar timing for gravitational wave detection is an international enterprise. NANOGrav welcomes international partners. To learn more about our international engagement follow the jump>>

HEAR ABOUT NANOGRAV

- June 10 - 14, 2012: Sarah Burke-Spolaor will speak on "Exploring Dual and Binary AGN via Radio Emission" at the American Astronomical Society Meeting in Anchorage, Alaska

- May 17, 2012: Pulsar timing for gravitational wave detection will be featured in a session at the Gravitational Wave Advanced Detector Workshop, held at the Waikoloa Marriott Resort, Hawaii

- March 31, 2012: Andrea Lommen will speak on "Pulsar Timing Arrays: No Longer a Blunt Instrument for Gravitational Wave Detection" at the American Physical Society Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia

- March 29, 2012: Andrea Lommen will speak on "Pulsar Timing Arrays: No Longer a Blunt Instrument for Gravitational Wave Detection" at the University of Florida (Gainesville)

- February 1, 2012: Joseph Lazio will speak on "Gravitational Waves and the Electromagnetic Spectrum" at the World Radiocommunication Conference in Geneva, Switzerland

- December 2, 2011: Maura McLaughlin will speak on "An International Pulsar Timing Array for Gravitational Wave Detection" at McGill University.