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Description: Artist’s interpretation of an array of pulsars being affected by gravitational ripples produced by a supermassive black hole binary in a distant galaxy.
Description: Evergreen video showcasing our science in a visually exciting manner. This video is geared for all-audiences and was part of our "15-Year Data Release Announcement" event.
Description: Rendition of the location of the NANOGrav Pulsars (blue stars) as of 2023 with respect to the Earth (yellow star) overlaid on a map of the Milky Way Galaxy.
Description: Artist's rendering of an array of millisecond pulsars in our galaxy being used to search for a background of low-frequency gravitational waves permeating the Universe.
Description: Artist's rendering of a pulsar - a rapidly rotating neutron star that emits a beam of radiation that passes the Earth once every rotation. This results in the appearance of a pulsating star, hence the term pulsar.
Description: Artist's rendering of black hole binaries emitting gravitational waves. As the waves overlap, they produce a background of gravitational waves that creates a distinctive correlation pattern in the timing of pulses coming from pairs of pulsars.
Description: Radio astronomers use precise timing measurements of ultra-fast millisecond pulsars to search for the distinctive correlation signature created by a background of gravitational waves. This type of experiment is called a "pulsar timing array."
Description: By combining information from the gravitational universe with knowledge learned through traditional astronomy, we can make new discoveries about how the universe works.
Description: The NSF’s iconic 305-m diameter Arecibo Telescope in Puerto Rico was the largest and most sensitive radio telescope in the world, aiding in numerous scientific discoveries over its decades of service.
Description: The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) is a set of 4 fixed cylindrical reflectors that operate as a transit telescope and is run by a consortium of universities led by the University of British Columbia, McGill University, and the University of Toronto.
