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19 Oct 2017

News coverage of GW170817 neutron star collision

The first-ever detection of the merger of a pair of compact neutron stars has garnered worldwide media attention. This is a non-exhaustive list of some of the new articles covering SkyMapper and Australian involvement in the discovery.

The Australian National University

• Gravitational waves detected for first time from two stars colliding

CAASTRO

• Breakthrough! A new era begins in astronomy

ABC News

• Colliding neutron stars revealed by gravitational waves and massive fireball
• Gravitational waves and neutron stars: Why this discovery is huge
• Cyber attack threatened WA astrophysicists' rare chance to track neutron star collision

Canberra Times

• Revelation of cosmic secrets triggers a 'frenzy' of global scientific activity

The Conversation

• We beat a cyber attack to see the ‘kilonova’ glow from a collapsing pair of neutron stars
• After the alert: radio ‘eyes’ hunt the source of the gravitational waves
• At last, we’ve found gravitational waves from a collapsing pair of neutron stars

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