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Scientist who helped prove Einstein theory opens doors to black holes for students with diverse majors

Jun. 26, 2023—Engineering major Adam Fortner has spent many nights camping outside his Kentucky home, staring up at the stars and dreaming about space. Law, history and society major Ethan Thorpe had similar notions throughout his childhood, scouring astronomy websites and imagining life as an astrophysicist. These students and others with diverse majors may not become astronauts...

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Vanderbilt astrophysicist leads international workshop to turn plans for a crewed lunar observatory into reality

Oct. 25, 2021—Karan Jani, research assistant professor of physics and astronomy, co-chaired the first international workshop focused on gravitational wave detection on the moon. The workshop builds on Jani’s recent studies that make the case for building a crewed, lunar-based observatory. 

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The future of cosmology is 239,000 miles away — but closer than ever

Aug. 23, 2021—A formidable pitch sounds like sci-fi, but NASA may just approve it.

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Plans for Gravitational Wave Observatory on the Moon

Aug. 9, 2021—Vanderbilt astrophysicist Karan Jani has led a series of studies that make the first case for a gravitational wave infrastructure on the surface of the moon. The experiment, dubbed Gravitational-Wave Lunar Observatory for Cosmology, uses the moon’s environment and geocentric orbit to analyze mergers of black holes, neuron stars and dark matter candidates within almost...

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If we put an observatory on the Moon, these are the awesome things it could see

Jul. 29, 2021—Observatories on Earth almost have to squint to see what’s out there. Even in the most remote areas of the planet, light pollution, seismic noise and other interruptions can get in the way.

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It’s Time NASA Built A ‘Cosmic Dawn’ Telescope On The Moon—And It Has Four Astonishing Plans To Choose From

Jul. 28, 2021—Let’s do astronomy from the Moon. Spurred on by the collapse of the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico, the continuing degradation of the night sky by light pollution and the coming era of mega-constellations of satellites come four projects that seek to take astronomy to the Moon’s far side.

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We could hunt gravitational waves on the moon if this wild idea takes off

Jul. 28, 2021—Scientists make the case for building a gravitational wave observatory on the moon.

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Astrophysicist outlines ambitious plans for the first gravitational wave observatory on the moon

Jul. 21, 2021—Vanderbilt astrophysicist Karan Jani has led a series of studies that make the first case for a gravitational wave infrastructure on the surface of the moon. The experiment, dubbed Gravitational-Wave Lunar Observatory for Cosmology, uses the moon’s environment and geocentric orbit to analyze mergers of black holes, neuron stars and dark matter candidates within almost...

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Astrophysicist outlines plans for the gravitational wave observatory on the moon

Jul. 21, 2021—Vanderbilt astrophysicist Karan Jani has led a series of studies that make the first case for a gravitational wave infrastructure on the surface of the moon. The experiment, dubbed Gravitational-Wave Lunar Observatory for Cosmology, uses the moon’s environment and geocentric orbit to analyze mergers of black holes, neuron stars and dark matter candidates within almost...

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