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Thursday, 13 Aug 2020
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CGA is participating in National Science Week 2020.

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A prototype fibre gyroscopes built by AML
Thursday, 16 Jul 2020
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CGA researchers, Associate Professor Jong Chow and his team, in partnership with industry will develop, design and manufacture the next-generation of optical gyroscopes for high-precision autonomous navigation in a new $8.7 million project. 

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CGA PhD student Nutsinee Kijbunchoo (left) and postdoc Dr Terry McRae (right) building one of the squeezer tables at LIGO Hanford. Photo credit: N. Kijbunchoo.
Thursday, 02 Jul 2020
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Results published 2/7/2020 in the prestigious journal Nature show the standard quantum limit has been breached using squeezed light technology pioneered at the Australian National University (ANU) Centre for Gravitational Astrophysics and refined at MIT on the 40kg test masses in the LIGO gravitational wave detectors.

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Artist's impression of quasar surrounded by a dusty donut shape(torus) and clumps called 'cloudes'. Photo credit: Nima Abkenar. Credit Alex Andrix
Wednesday, 01 Jul 2020
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The fastest-growing black hole in the universe is 34 billion times the mass of our sun and feasts on a meal the equivalent of our sun each day.

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Artist's impression of black hole collision. Credit Alex Andrix
Wednesday, 24 Jun 2020
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Black hole swallows an astrophysical object that could be the lightest known black hole or the heaviest known neutron star.

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GW190412: Binary Black Hole Merger - video thumbnail
Tuesday, 21 Apr 2020
OzGrav: A new wave of discovery - video thumbnail
Monday, 06 Apr 2020
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OzGrav has recently celebrated its third birthday and achievements during the life of the centre.

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CGA BNS
Tuesday, 07 Jan 2020
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A new collaborative study with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) reveals a possible collision of two neutron stars earlier in 2019—only the second time this type of cosmic event had ever been detected.

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Wednesday, 01 Jan 2020
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As of Jan 1st, 2020, CGP is rebranded to ANU Centre for Gravitational Astrophysics (CGA)

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