Using Pulsars As A Gravitational Wave Observatory

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David Champion

The LIGO detection of gravitational waves has begun a new era in astronomy, and initiatives and projects are being planned across the world to observe as many cosmic events as possible. Now the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) has suggested a way to detect the merging of supermassive black holes using existing radio telescopes.