MILWAUKEE _ On Monday, Oct. 16, at 9 a.m., a worldwide team will reveal new discoveries made in the ongoing search for gravitational waves.
Scientists at UW-Milwaukee who participated in the research will be available to discuss their work and the significance of the new discoveries beginning at 9 a.m. Monday, Oct. 16.
Journalists are invited to come to UWM to watch a livestream of a news conference being held in Washington, D.C. The livestream will be available in the second floor conference room of the Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Center, 3135 N. Maryland Ave.
The gathering will begin with an overview of new findings from LIGO (the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory), Virgo and partners that span the globe, followed by details from telescopes that work with the LIGO and Virgo Collaboration to study extreme events in the cosmos.
UW-Milwaukee members of the LIGO/Virgo Collaboration have been instrumental in developing the computational tools required to acquire and analyze instrumental signals containing data from gravitational waves. In addition, UW-Milwaukee astronomers who are not members of the LIGO team have played a major role in the discoveries being announced on Monday.
Details about the discoveries are embargoed until Monday at 9 a.m. Central Daylight Saving Time, but UWM scientists can discuss the discoveries on Friday, Oct. 13, with journalists who provide a signed agreement to honor the embargo.
Area reporters interested in receiving embargoed information from UWM scientists can contact Greg Walz-Chojnacki at gwc@uwm.edu; in doing so, please confirm that you and your outlet’s editors agree to honor embargo.
For more information, contact: Greg Walz-Chojnacki, 414-229-4454, gwc@uwm.edu.
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