LIGO/NCSA role in documenting cosmic collision

News-Gazette (Oct. 17) -- A long time ago, in a galaxy 130 million light-years away from Earth, two neutron stars merged into a kilonova and set off a spectacular explosion that rippled through the universe. “Not only do we see a burst of gravity waves – a wave of gravity traveling through space at the speed of light – but we also see various forms of light emissions,” says Stuart Shapiro, a professor of physics and astronomy at Illinois. “We see infrared radiation, we see radio waves, gamma rays and X-rays, among other forms of light. And they coincided and they’re all coming from the same source. This is remarkable.” Also: Mother Nature Network (Oct.17)