To the Edge of the Universe — and Beyond
With the next-generation Cosmic Explorer observatory, Cal State Fullerton gravitational-wave scientists shift research focus toward future discoveries of the cosmos.
Gravitational Waves
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A Decade of Gravitational-Wave Student Success
Faculty, students, alumni and donors celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Nicholas and Lee Begovich Center for Gravitational-Wave Physics and Astronomy (GWPAC). Alumni share how their curiosity about the cosmos led them to study gravitational-wave science at CSUF.
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$1.2 Million Grant to Prepare Underrepresented Students for Doctoral Programs in Gravitational-Wave Astronomy
Cal State Fullerton is receiving a nearly $1.2 million National Science Foundation grant to prepare underrepresented students in the emerging field of gravitational-wave astronomy and create a pathway to enter a doctoral program at one of three Ph.D.-granting partner universities.
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Physics Grad Shoots for the Moon, Lands a Career in Space Industry
After Alex Gruson graduates next week with a master’s degree in physics from Cal State Fullerton, she is launching her career in the space industry.
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Neutron Stars Swallowed by Black Holes in Rare Cosmic Collisions
For the first time, gravitational-wave scientists have detected two collisions between a black hole and a neutron star, with Cal State Fullerton researchers involved in interpreting the novel cosmic events. The extreme mergers made splashes in space that sent gravitational waves rippling across at least 900 million light-years to reach Earth. In each case, the […]
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Riding Gravitational Waves to MIT
Titan first generation college student, took his research on gravitational waves into his graduate studies at MIT.
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Scientists Find Merging Black Holes Plentiful in the Universe
A team of students and faculty members in Cal State Fullerton’s Nicholas and Lee Begovich Center for Gravitational-Wave Physics and Astronomy (GWPAC) contributed to the latest detection and analysis of more gravitational waves that the LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory) and European Virgo detectors have observed over the past six months.
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Faculty and Staff Receive Nearly $9 Million in Grants, Contracts in Q1
Faculty and staff garnered close to $9 million in funding during the first quarter of the university’s 2020-21 fiscal year.
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Physical Campus Master Plan, Student Housing Project Approved by CSU Board of Trustees
In three unanimous votes, the CSU Board of Trustees approved CSUF’s physical campus master plan, student housing phase 4 plans and the renaming of the Nicholas and Lee Begovich Center for Gravitational-Wave Physics and Astronomy.
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CSUF Scientists Unravel Mystery Merger in the Universe
Cal State Fullerton scientists contributed to a new gravitational-wave discovery, announced June 23 by the global LIGO Scientific Collaboration and European Virgo Collaboration, which came from an unusual cosmic system scientists have never observed before.